1.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. 2.\" 3.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 4.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 5.\" are met: 6.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 7.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 8.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 10.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 11.\" 12.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and 13.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the 14.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 15.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable 16.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential 17.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods 18.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) 19.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict 20.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way 21.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of 22.\" such damage. 23.\" 24.\" $Id: dwarf_get_elf.3 2122 2011-11-09 15:35:14Z jkoshy $ 25.\" 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