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.TH ELF_STRPTR 3ELF "Jul 11, 2001"
.SH NAME
elf_strptr \- make a string pointer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lelf\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <libelf.h>

\fBchar *\fR\fBelf_strptr\fR(\fBElf *\fR\fIelf\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIsection\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIoffset\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBelf_strptr()\fR function converts a string section \fIoffset\fR to a
string pointer. \fIelf\fR identifies the file in which the string section
resides, and \fIsection\fR identifies the section table index for the strings.
\fBelf_strptr()\fR normally returns a pointer to a string, but it returns a
null pointer when \fIelf\fR is null, \fIsection\fR is invalid or is not a
section of type \fBSHT_STRTAB\fR, the section data cannot be obtained,
\fIoffset\fR is invalid, or an error occurs.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRA sample program of calling \fBelf_strptr()\fR function.
.sp
.LP
A prototype for retrieving section names appears below. The file header
specifies the section name string table in the \fBe_shstrndx\fR member. The
following code loops through the sections, printing their names.

.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fB/* handle the error */
if ((ehdr = elf32_getehdr(elf)) == 0) {
	return;
}
ndx = ehdr->e_shstrndx;
scn = 0;
while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != 0) {
	char	*name = 0;
	if ((shdr = elf32_getshdr(scn)) != 0)
                name = elf_strptr(elf, ndx, (size_t)shdr->sh_name);
	printf("'%s'\en", name? name: "(null)");
}\fR
.fi
.in -2

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Stable
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR elf (3ELF),
.BR elf32_getshdr (3ELF),
.BR elf32_xlatetof (3ELF),
.BR elf_getdata (3ELF),
.BR libelf (3LIB),
.BR attributes (7)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
A program may call \fBelf_getdata()\fR to retrieve an entire string table
section. For some applications, that would be both more efficient and more
convenient than using \fBelf_strptr()\fR.