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26.\" Id: dwarf_get_elf.3 2122 2011-11-09 15:35:14Z jkoshy
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28.Dd November 9, 2011
29.Os
30.Dt DWARF_GET_ELF 3
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm dwarf_get_elf
33.Nd retrieve the
34.Vt Elf
35descriptor associated with a
36.Vt Dwarf_Debug
37instance
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libdwarf
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In libdwarf.h
42.Ft int
43.Fo dwarf_get_elf
44.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
45.Fa "Elf **elf"
46.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
47.Fc
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49Function
50.Fn dwarf_get_elf
51returns the
52.Vt Elf
53descriptor associated with a
54.Vt Dwarf_Debug
55instance.
56.Pp
57Argument
58.Ar dbg
59should be a handle to a valid
60.Vt Dwarf_Debug
61instance returned by a prior call to
62.Xr dwarf_init 3
63or
64.Xr dwarf_elf_init 3 .
65.Pp
66Argument
67.Ar elf
68points a location into which a handle to an
69.Vt Elf
70descriptor will be written.
71.Pp
72Argument
73.Ar err
74is used to record error information in case of failure.
75.Sh RETURN VALUES
76On success, function
77.Fn dwarf_get_elf
78returns
79.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
80In case of an error, it returns
81.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
82and sets argument
83.Ar err .
84.Sh EXAMPLES
85To retrieve the
86.Vt Elf
87instance associated with a
88.Vt Dwarf_Debug
89instance use:
90.Bd -literal -offset indent
91Dwarf_Debug dbg;
92Dwarf_Error de;
93Elf *elf;
94
95\&... allocate dbg using dwarf_init() etc ...
96
97if (dwarf_get_elf(dbg, &elf, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
98	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_elf: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
99.Ed
100.Sh SEE ALSO
101.Xr dwarf 3 ,
102.Xr dwarf_errmsg 3 ,
103.Xr dwarf_init 3 ,
104.Xr dwarf_finish 3 ,
105.Xr elf 3
106