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26.Dd August 27, 2006
27.Dt GELF_GETSHDR 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm elf32_getshdr ,
31.Nm elf64_getshdr ,
32.Nm gelf_getshdr
33.Nd retrieve the class-dependent section header
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libelf
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In libelf.h
38.Ft "Elf32_Shdr *"
39.Fn elf32_getshdr "Elf_Scn *scn"
40.Ft "Elf64_Shdr *"
41.Fn elf64_getshdr "Elf_Scn *scn"
42.In gelf.h
43.Ft "GElf_Shdr *"
44.Fn gelf_getshdr "Elf_Scn *scn" "GElf_Shdr *shdr"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46These functions return a pointer to the ELF Section Header data
47structure associated with section descriptor
48.Ar scn .
49.Pp
50Function
51.Fn elf32_getshdr
52retrieves a pointer to an
53.Vt Elf32_Shdr
54structure.
55Section descriptor
56.Ar scn
57must be associated with an ELF descriptor of class
58.Dv ELFCLASS32 .
59.Pp
60Function
61.Fn elf64_getshdr
62retrieves a pointer to an
63.Vt Elf64_Shdr
64structure.
65Section descriptor
66.Ar scn
67must be associated with an ELF descriptor of class
68.Dv ELFCLASS64 .
69.Pp
70Function
71.Fn gelf_getshdr
72copies the values in the section header associated with argument
73.Ar scn
74to the structure pointed to be argument
75.Ar dst .
76The
77.Vt GElf_Shdr
78data structure is described in
79.Xr gelf 3 .
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81Functions
82.Fn elf32_getshdr
83and
84.Fn elf64_getshdr
85return a valid pointer to the appropriate section header on success
86or NULL if an error was encountered.
87.Pp
88Function
89.Fn gelf_getshdr
90returns argument
91.Ar dst
92if successful, or NULL if an error was encountered.
93.Sh ERRORS
94These functions may fail with the following errors:
95.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
96.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
97Arguments
98.Ar scn
99or
100.Ar shdr
101were NULL.
102.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
103Argument
104.Ar scn
105was not associated a descriptor for an ELF object.
106.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS
107The ELF class associated with the section descriptor
108.Ar scn
109did not match the class expected by the API.
110.El
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr elf 3 ,
113.Xr elf_getscn 3 ,
114.Xr gelf 3 ,
115.Xr gelf_update_shdr 3
116