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24.\" $Id: dwarf_get_elf.3 2122 2011-11-09 15:35:14Z jkoshy $
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26.Dd November 9, 2011
27.Os
28.Dt DWARF_GET_ELF 3
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm dwarf_get_elf
31.Nd retrieve the
32.Vt Elf
33descriptor associated with a
34.Vt Dwarf_Debug
35instance
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libdwarf
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In libdwarf.h
40.Ft int
41.Fo dwarf_get_elf
42.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
43.Fa "Elf **elf"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Function
48.Fn dwarf_get_elf
49returns the
50.Vt Elf
51descriptor associated with a
52.Vt Dwarf_Debug
53instance.
54.Pp
55Argument
56.Ar dbg
57should be a handle to a valid
58.Vt Dwarf_Debug
59instance returned by a prior call to
60.Xr dwarf_init 3
61or
62.Xr dwarf_elf_init 3 .
63.Pp
64Argument
65.Ar elf
66points a location into which a handle to an
67.Vt Elf
68descriptor will be written.
69.Pp
70Argument
71.Ar err
72is used to record error information in case of failure.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74On success, function
75.Fn dwarf_get_elf
76returns
77.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
78In case of an error, it returns
79.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
80and sets argument
81.Ar err .
82.Sh EXAMPLES
83To retrieve the
84.Vt Elf
85instance associated with a
86.Vt Dwarf_Debug
87instance use:
88.Bd -literal -offset indent
89Dwarf_Debug dbg;
90Dwarf_Error de;
91Elf *elf;
92
93\&... allocate dbg using dwarf_init() etc ...
94
95if (dwarf_get_elf(dbg, &elf, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
96	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_elf: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
97.Ed
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr dwarf 3 ,
100.Xr dwarf_errmsg 3 ,
101.Xr dwarf_init 3 ,
102.Xr dwarf_finish 3 ,
103.Xr elf 3
104