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31 .Nd control an elf file descriptor
37 .Fn elf_cntl "Elf *elf" "Elf_Cmd cmd"
41 controls the ELF library's subsequent use of the file descriptor
42 used to create ELF descriptor
47 informs the library of the action to be taken:
48 .Bl -tag -width "ELF_C_FDDONE"
50 This value instructs the ELF library not to perform any further
51 I/O on the file descriptor associated with argument
53 For ELF descriptors opened with mode
59 operations on the descriptor will fail.
61 This value instructs the ELF library to read in all necessary
62 data associated with ELF descriptor
64 into memory so that the underlying file descriptor can be
65 safely closed with command
71 must be an ELF descriptor associated with a file system object
74 archive, an ELF file, or other data file).
75 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
78 internally, this function is a no-op for ELF objects opened in
84 returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error was detected.
86 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
87 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARCHIVE
90 is a descriptor for an archive member.
91 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
95 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
102 operation was requested on an ELF descriptor opened