source: rtems-tools/rtemstoolkit/elftoolchain/libelf/elf_kind.3 @ 0c5db2d

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Last change on this file since 0c5db2d was 0c5db2d, checked in by Chris Johns <chrisj@…>, on 04/29/18 at 01:55:37

rtemstoolkit: Update elftoolchain to the latest code.

The update is taken from https://github.com/elftoolchain/elftoolchain.

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26.Dd June 1, 2006
27.Os
28.Dt ELF_KIND 3
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf_kind
31.Nd determine ELF file type
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libelf
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In libelf.h
36.Ft Elf_Kind
37.Fn elf_kind "Elf *elf"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn elf_kind
41function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument
42.Ar elf .
43The argument
44.Ar elf
45is allowed to be NULL.
46.Sh RETURN VALUES
47The
48.Fn elf_kind
49function returns one of the following values:
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It Dv ELF_K_AR
52The file associated with argument
53.Ar elf
54is an archive.
55.It Dv ELF_K_ELF
56The file associated with argument
57.Ar elf
58is an ELF file.
59.It Dv ELF_K_NONE
60The argument
61.Ar elf
62was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file
63associated with argument
64.Ar elf ,
65or an error occurred when processing.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr elf 3 ,
69.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
70.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
71.Xr gelf 3
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