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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PGRAB_FILE 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pgrab_file
19.Nd grab and inspect an ELF object
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft struct ps_prochandle
24.Fo Pgrab_file
25.Fa "const char *fname"
26.Fa "int *perr"
27.Fc
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The
30.Fn Pgrab_file
31function creates a handle to the ELF object contained in file
32.Fa fname .
33This handle is considered an
34.Em idle
35handle, it allows one to inspect aspects of the ELF contents present in
36the handle, for example obtaining CTF information and looking up
37symbols.
38.Pp
39There is no running state associated with this handle nor can
40there be. If one intends to control a running process or create a
41process, see
42.Xr Pgrab 3PROC
43and
44.Xr Pcreate 3PROC
45respectively. To inspect a core file use
46.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC .
47.Pp
48The
49.Fa perr
50argument must be a
51.Pf non- Dv NULL
52pointer which will store a more detailed error in the event that
53.Fn Pgrab_file
54fails. A human-readable form of the error can be obtained with
55.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC .
56.Pp
57When finished with the returned handle,
58.Xr Prelease 3PROC
59must be called to clean up resources associated with it.
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61Upon successful completion, the
62.Fn Pgrab_file
63function returns a control handle to the process. Otherwise,
64.Dv NULL
65is returned and
66.Fa perr
67is filled in with an error code.
68.Sh ERRORS
69.Bl -tag -width Er -offset indent
70.It Er G_ELF
71An unexpected
72.Xr libelf 3LIB
73failure occurred while processing the file named by
74.Fa fname .
75.It Er G_FORMAT
76The file named by
77.Fa fname
78is not a valid ELF file.
79.It Er G_NOEXEC
80The file named by
81.Fa fname
82does not exist.
83.It Er G_STRANGE
84An unanticipated system error occurred while trying to grab the
85file
86.Fa fname
87and create the handle.
88The value of
89.Sy errno
90indicates the system failure.
91.El
92.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
93.Sy Uncommitted
94.Sh MT-LEVEL
95.Sy MT-Safe
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr errno 3C ,
98.Xr libelf 3LIB ,
99.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
100.Xr Pfree 3PROC ,
101.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC ,
102.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC ,
103.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
104.Xr Prelease 3PROC
105