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26.Dd July 25, 2018
27.Dt ELF_GETSHSTRNDX 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf_getshstrndx ,
31.Nm elf_setshstrndx
32.Nd retrieve/update the index of the section name string table
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libelf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libelf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn elf_getshstrndx "Elf *elf" "size_t *ndxptr"
39.Ft int
40.Fn elf_setshstrndx "Elf *elf" "size_t ndx"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Function
43.Fn elf_getshstrndx
44is deprecated.
45Please use
46.Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3
47instead.
48.Pp
49Function
50.Fn elf_getshstrndx
51retrieves the section index of the string table containing section
52names from descriptor
53.Ar elf
54and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
55.Ar ndxptr .
56.Pp
57Function
58.Fn elf_setshstrndx
59sets the index of the section name string table to argument
60.Ar ndx .
61.Pp
62These routines allow applications to process both normal ELF
63objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65These functions return a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case
66of an error.
67.Sh ERRORS
68These functions can fail with the following errors:
69.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
70.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
71A NULL value was passed in for argument
72.Ar elf .
73.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
74Argument
75.Ar elf
76was not for an ELF file.
77.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
78Argument
79.Ar elf
80lacks an ELF Executable header.
81.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
82Argument
83.Ar ndx
84contained a value in the reserved range of section indices.
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr elf 3 ,
88.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
89.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
90.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
91.Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
92.Xr elf_getshdrnum 3 ,
93.Xr gelf 3 ,
94.Xr gelf_getehdr 3
95