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27 .\" Id: dwarf_get_str.3 2071 2011-10-27 03:20:00Z jkoshy
34 .Nd retrieve a string from the DWARF string section
42 .Fa "Dwarf_Off offset"
44 .Fa "Dwarf_Signed *len"
45 .Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
50 retrieves a NUL-terminated string from the DWARF string section
55 should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using
60 should be an offset, relative to the
62 section, specifying the start of the desired string.
66 should point to a location which will hold a returned
67 pointer to a NUL-terminated string.
71 should point to a location which will hold the length
72 of the returned string.
73 The returned length does not include the space needed for
78 is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an
90 section associated with the specified debugging context,
91 or if the provided offset
96 In case of an error, it returns
104 .Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY"
105 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
112 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
116 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
117 The debugging context
122 .It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
125 was at the very end of the
130 To retrieve all the strings in the DWARF string section, use:
131 .Bd -literal -offset indent
140 while ((ret = dwarf_get_str(dbg, offset, &str, &len, &de)) ==
142 /* .. Use the retrieved string. .. */
143 offset += len + 1; /* Account for the terminating NUL. */
146 if (ret == DW_DLV_ERROR)
147 warnx("dwarf_get_str: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));