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26.Dd July 3, 2006
27.Os
28.Dt ELF_RAWFILE 3
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf_rawfile
31.Nd return uninterpreted contents of an ELF file
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libelf
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In libelf.h
36.Ft char *
37.Fn elf_rawfile "Elf *elf" "size_t *sz"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39Function
40.Fn elf_rawfile
41returns the uninterpreted contents of the file referenced by ELF descriptor
42.Ar elf .
43.Pp
44If argument
45.Ar sz
46is non-null, the function stores the file's size in bytes
47in the location to which it points.
48A value of zero is written to this location if an error is
49encountered.
50.Sh RETURN VALUES
51Function
52.Fn elf_rawfile
53returns a valid pointer if successful or NULL if an error occurs.
54.Sh ERRORS
55Function
56.Fn elf_rawfile
57may fail with the following errors:
58.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
59.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
60Argument
61.Ar elf
62was NULL.
63.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
64Argument
65.Ar elf
66was opened for writing and function
67.Fn elf_rawfile
68was invoked before
69.Xr elf_update 3 .
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr elf 3 ,
73.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
74.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
75.Xr elf_kind 3 ,
76.Xr elf_update 3
77