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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 there be.
40If one intends to control a running process or create a process, see
41.Xr Pgrab 3PROC
42and
43.Xr Pcreate 3PROC
44respectively.
45To 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.
55A human-readable form of the error can be obtained with
56.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC .
57.Pp
58When finished with the returned handle,
59.Xr Prelease 3PROC
60must be called to clean up resources associated with it.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62Upon successful completion, the
63.Fn Pgrab_file
64function returns a control handle to the process.
65Otherwise,
66.Dv NULL
67is returned and
68.Fa perr
69is filled in with an error code.
70.Sh ERRORS
71.Bl -tag -width Er -offset indent
72.It Er G_ELF
73An unexpected
74.Xr libelf 3LIB
75failure occurred while processing the file named by
76.Fa fname .
77.It Er G_FORMAT
78The file named by
79.Fa fname
80is not a valid ELF file.
81.It Er G_NOEXEC
82The file named by
83.Fa fname
84does not exist.
85.It Er G_STRANGE
86An unanticipated system error occurred while trying to grab the
87file
88.Fa fname
89and create the handle.
90The value of
91.Sy errno
92indicates the system failure.
93.El
94.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
95.Sy Uncommitted
96.Sh MT-LEVEL
97.Sy MT-Safe
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr errno 3C ,
100.Xr libelf 3LIB ,
101.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
102.Xr Pfree 3PROC ,
103.Xr Pgrab_core 3PROC ,
104.Xr Pgrab_error 3PROC ,
105.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
106.Xr Prelease 3PROC
107