12de3b87aSKai Wang.\" Copyright (c) 2006,2008 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. 22de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 32de3b87aSKai Wang.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 42de3b87aSKai Wang.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 52de3b87aSKai Wang.\" are met: 62de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 72de3b87aSKai Wang.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 82de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 92de3b87aSKai Wang.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 102de3b87aSKai Wang.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 112de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 122de3b87aSKai Wang.\" This software is provided by Joseph Koshy ``as is'' and 132de3b87aSKai Wang.\" any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the 142de3b87aSKai Wang.\" implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 152de3b87aSKai Wang.\" are disclaimed. in no event shall Joseph Koshy be liable 162de3b87aSKai Wang.\" for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential 172de3b87aSKai Wang.\" damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods 182de3b87aSKai Wang.\" or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) 192de3b87aSKai Wang.\" however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict 202de3b87aSKai Wang.\" liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way 212de3b87aSKai Wang.\" out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of 222de3b87aSKai Wang.\" such damage. 232de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 24*ae500c1fSEd Maste.\" $Id: elf_getshdrnum.3 3643 2018-10-14 21:09:24Z jkoshy $ 252de3b87aSKai Wang.\" 262de3b87aSKai Wang.Dd August 4, 2009 272de3b87aSKai Wang.Dt ELF_GETSHDRNUM 3 28*ae500c1fSEd Maste.Os 292de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh NAME 302de3b87aSKai Wang.Nm elf_getshdrnum 312de3b87aSKai Wang.Nd return the number of sections in an ELF file 322de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh LIBRARY 332de3b87aSKai Wang.Lb libelf 342de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh SYNOPSIS 352de3b87aSKai Wang.In libelf.h 362de3b87aSKai Wang.Ft int 372de3b87aSKai Wang.Fn elf_getshdrnum "Elf *elf" "size_t *shnum" 382de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh DESCRIPTION 392de3b87aSKai WangFunction 402de3b87aSKai Wang.Fn elf_getshdrnum 412de3b87aSKai Wangretrieves the number of ELF sections associated with descriptor 422de3b87aSKai Wang.Ar elf 432de3b87aSKai Wangand stores it into the location pointed to by argument 442de3b87aSKai Wang.Ar shnum . 452de3b87aSKai Wang.Pp 462de3b87aSKai WangThis routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF 472de3b87aSKai Wangobjects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering. 482de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh RETURN VALUES 492de3b87aSKai WangFunction 502de3b87aSKai Wang.Fn elf_getshdrnum 512de3b87aSKai Wangreturns zero value if successful, or -1 in case of an error. 522de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh ERRORS 532de3b87aSKai WangFunction 542de3b87aSKai Wang.Fn elf_getshdrnum 552de3b87aSKai Wangcan fail with the following errors: 562de3b87aSKai Wang.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]" 572de3b87aSKai Wang.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 582de3b87aSKai WangA NULL value was passed in for argument 592de3b87aSKai Wang.Ar elf . 602de3b87aSKai Wang.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 612de3b87aSKai WangArgument 622de3b87aSKai Wang.Ar elf 632de3b87aSKai Wangwas not for an ELF file. 642de3b87aSKai Wang.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT 652de3b87aSKai WangArgument 662de3b87aSKai Wang.Ar elf 672de3b87aSKai Wanglacks an ELF Executable header. 682de3b87aSKai Wang.El 692de3b87aSKai Wang.Sh SEE ALSO 702de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf 3 , 712de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 , 722de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 , 732de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf_getident 3 , 742de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 , 752de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3 , 762de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr gelf 3 , 772de3b87aSKai Wang.Xr gelf_getehdr 3 78