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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 LIBRARY
21.Lb libproc
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.In libproc.h
24.Ft struct ps_prochandle
25.Fo Pgrab_file
26.Fa "const char *fname"
27.Fa "int *perr"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn Pgrab_file
32function creates a handle to the ELF object contained in file
33.Fa fname .
34This handle is considered an
35.Em idle
36handle, it allows one to inspect aspects of the ELF contents present in
37the handle, for example obtaining CTF information and looking up
38symbols.
39.Pp
40There is no running state associated with this handle nor can there be.
41If one intends to control a running process or create a process, see
42.Xr Pgrab 3PROC
43and
44.Xr Pcreate 3PROC
45respectively.
46To inspect a core file use
47.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC .
48.Pp
49The
50.Fa perr
51argument must be a
52.Pf non- Dv NULL
53pointer which will store a more detailed error in the event that
54.Fn Pgrab_file
55fails.
56A human-readable form of the error can be obtained with
57.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC .
58.Pp
59When finished with the returned handle,
60.Xr Prelease 3PROC
61must be called to clean up resources associated with it.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63Upon successful completion, the
64.Fn Pgrab_file
65function returns a control handle to the process.
66Otherwise,
67.Dv NULL
68is returned and
69.Fa perr
70is filled in with an error code.
71.Sh ERRORS
72.Bl -tag -width Er -offset indent
73.It Er G_ELF
74An unexpected
75.Xr libelf 3LIB
76failure occurred while processing the file named by
77.Fa fname .
78.It Er G_FORMAT
79The file named by
80.Fa fname
81is not a valid ELF file.
82.It Er G_NOEXEC
83The file named by
84.Fa fname
85does not exist.
86.It Er G_STRANGE
87An unanticipated system error occurred while trying to grab the
88file
89.Fa fname
90and create the handle.
91The value of
92.Sy errno
93indicates the system failure.
94.El
95.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
96.Sy Uncommitted
97.Sh MT-LEVEL
98.Sy MT-Safe
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr errno 3C ,
101.Xr libelf 3LIB ,
102.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
103.Xr Pfree 3PROC ,
104.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC ,
105.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC ,
106.Xr Prelease 3PROC
107