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33 .Nd provide sequential access to the next archive member
39 .Fn elf_next "Elf *elf"
43 function causes the ELF archive descriptor corresponding to argument
45 to be adjusted to provide access to the next member in
46 the archive on a subsequent call to
51 is suitable for use in a loop invoking
54 If successful, function
58 Otherwise, if argument
60 was not associated with an archive, or if it was
62 or if any other error occurred, the value
66 To process all the members of an archive use:
67 .Bd -literal -offset indent
72 archive = elf_begin(fd, cmd, NULL);
73 while ((e = elf_begin(fd, cmd, archive)) != (Elf *) 0)
75 ... process `e' here ...
85 may fail with the following error:
86 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
87 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
90 was not associated with a containing