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GELF_GETEHDR

Section: Libelf Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 202-0-14
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NAME

gelf_getehdr - retrieve the header of an ELF binary as a class-independent structure

 

SYNOPSIS

#include <gelf.h>

GElf_Ehdr *gelf_getehdr(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *dest );

 

DESCRIPTION

gelf_getehdr() retrieve the ELF header of the binary referenced by elf as a class-independent GElf_Ehdr representation.

 

PARAMETERS

elf
Pointer to an ELF descriptor.
dest
Pointer to a caller-provided GElf_Ehdr structure that will receive the translated file header. Must not be NULL. On success, the function stores the header in *dest.

 

RETURN VALUE

On success, returns dest. On failure, returns NULL and sets elf_errno. If elf is NULL, NULL is returned and elf_errno is not set.

 

SEE ALSO

gelf_newehdr(3), gelf_update_ehdr(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

 

ATTRIBUTES

InterfaceAttributeValue
gelf_getehdr() Thread safetyM-Safe

 

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <elfutil-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
RETURN VALUE
SEE ALSO
ATTRIBUTES
REPORTING BUGS