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26 .\" Id: elf_getarsym.3 189 2008-07-20 10:38:08Z jkoshy
33 .Nd retrieve the symbol table of an archive
39 .Fn elf_getarsym "Elf *elf" "size_t *ptr"
43 retrieves the symbol table for an
45 archive, if one is available.
49 should be a descriptor for an
58 contains a symbol table with n entries, this function returns a
59 pointer to an array of n+1
64 structure has the following elements:
65 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
66 .It Vt "char *" Va as_name
67 This structure member is a pointer to a null-terminated symbol name.
68 .It Vt "off_t" Va as_off
69 This structure member contains the byte offset from the beginning of the archive to
70 the header for the archive member.
71 This value is suitable for use with
73 .It Vt "unsigned long" Va as_hash
74 This structure member contains a portable hash value for the symbol
79 The last entry of the returned array will have a NULL value for member
81 a zero value for member
83 and an illegal value of ~0UL for
90 function will store the number of table entries returned (including the
91 sentinel entry at the end) into the location it points to.
95 returns a pointer to an array of
97 structures if successful, or a NULL
98 pointer if an error was encountered.
102 is non-null and there was no error, the library will store the
103 number of archive symbol entries returned into the location it
107 is non-null and an error was encountered, the library will
108 set the location pointed to by it to zero.
112 may fail with the following errors:
113 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
114 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
118 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
121 was not a descriptor for an