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31 .Nd return the number of sections in an ELF file
37 .Fn elf_getshnum "Elf *elf" "size_t *shnum"
39 This function is deprecated.
46 retrieves the number of ELF sections associated with descriptor
48 and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
51 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
52 objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering.
57 returns a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case of an
62 can fail with the following errors:
63 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
64 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
65 A NULL value was passed in for argument
67 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
70 was not for an ELF file.
71 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
74 lacks an ELF Executable header.
81 .Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
82 .Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3 ,