ELF_KIND(3) |
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ELF_KIND(3) |
NAME
elf_kind —
determine ELF file type
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS
#include < libelf.h>
Elf_Kind
elf_kind( Elf *elf);
DESCRIPTION
The
elf_kind() function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument
elf. The argument
elf is allowed to be NULL.
RETURN VALUES
The
elf_kind() function returns one of the following values:
-
ELF_K_AR
-
The file associated with argument
elf is an archive.
-
ELF_K_ELF
-
The file associated with argument
elf is an ELF file.
-
ELF_K_NONE
-
The argument
elf was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file associated with argument
elf, or an error occurred when processing.