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24.\" $Id: elf_next.3 189 2008-07-20 10:38:08Z jkoshy $
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26.Dd June 17, 2006
27.Os
28.Dt ELF_NEXT 3
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf_next
31.Nd provide sequential access to the next archive member
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libelf
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In libelf.h
36.Ft Elf_Cmd
37.Fn elf_next "Elf *elf"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn elf_next
41function causes the ELF archive descriptor corresponding to argument
42.Ar elf
43to be adjusted to provide access to the next member in
44the archive on a subsequent call to
45.Fn elf_begin .
46.Pp
47The return value of
48.Fn elf_next
49is suitable for use in a loop invoking
50.Fn elf_begin .
51.Sh RETURN VALUES
52If successful, function
53.Fn elf_next
54returns the value
55.Dv ELF_C_READ .
56Otherwise, if argument
57.Ar elf
58was not associated with an archive, or if it was
59.Dv NULL ,
60or if any other error occurred, the value
61.Dv ELF_C_NULL
62is returned.
63.Sh EXAMPLES
64To process all the members of an archive use:
65.Bd -literal -offset indent
66Elf_Cmd cmd;
67Elf *archive, *e;
68\&...
69cmd = ELF_C_READ;
70archive = elf_begin(fd, cmd, NULL);
71while ((e = elf_begin(fd, cmd, archive)) != (Elf *) 0)
72{
73	... process `e' here ...
74
75	cmd = elf_next(e);
76	elf_end(e);
77}
78elf_end(archive);
79.Ed
80.Sh ERRORS
81Function
82.Fn elf_next
83may fail with the following error:
84.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
85.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
86Argument
87.Ar elf
88was not associated with a containing
89.Xr ar 1
90archive.
91.El
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr elf 3 ,
94.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
95.Xr elf_end 3 ,
96.Xr elf_rand 3
97