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31 .Nd return the number of sections in an ELF file
37 .Fn elf_getshdrnum "Elf *elf" "size_t *shnum"
41 retrieves the number of ELF sections associated with descriptor
43 and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
46 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
47 objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering.
52 returns zero value if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
56 can fail with the following errors:
57 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
58 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
59 A NULL value was passed in for argument
61 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
64 was not for an ELF file.
65 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
68 lacks an ELF Executable header.
75 .Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
76 .Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3 ,