NAME
elf_getshdrstrndx —
retrieve the index of the section name
string table
LIBRARY
library “libelf”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<libelf.h>
int
elf_getshdrstrndx(Elf
*elf, size_t
*ndxptr);
DESCRIPTION
Function
elf_getshdrstrndx()
retrieves the section index of the string table containing section names
from descriptor elf and stores it into the location
pointed to by argument ndxptr.
This function allow applications to process both normal ELF objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
RETURN VALUES
These functions return zero if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
ERRORS
These functions can fail with the following errors:
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - A NULL value was passed in for argument elf.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - Argument elf was not for an ELF file.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - Argument elf lacks an ELF Executable header.
- [
ELF_E_ARGUMENT] - Argument ndx contained a value in the reserved range of section indices.
SEE ALSO
elf(3), elf32_getehdr(3), elf64_getehdr(3), elf_getident(3), elf_getphdrnum(3), elf_getshdrnum(3), gelf(3), gelf_getehdr(3)