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26cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.\" Id: dwarf_get_elf.3 3962 2022-03-12 15:56:10Z jkoshy
279dd9d0cfSchristos.\"
289dd9d0cfSchristos.Dd November 9, 2011
299dd9d0cfSchristos.Dt DWARF_GET_ELF 3
30604b0842Sjkoshy.Os
319dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh NAME
329dd9d0cfSchristos.Nm dwarf_get_elf
339dd9d0cfSchristos.Nd retrieve the
349dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Elf
359dd9d0cfSchristosdescriptor associated with a
369dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Dwarf_Debug
379dd9d0cfSchristosinstance
389dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh LIBRARY
399dd9d0cfSchristos.Lb libdwarf
409dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SYNOPSIS
419dd9d0cfSchristos.In libdwarf.h
429dd9d0cfSchristos.Ft int
439dd9d0cfSchristos.Fo dwarf_get_elf
449dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Debug dbg"
459dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Elf **elf"
469dd9d0cfSchristos.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
479dd9d0cfSchristos.Fc
489dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh DESCRIPTION
499dd9d0cfSchristosFunction
509dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_get_elf
519dd9d0cfSchristosreturns the
529dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Elf
539dd9d0cfSchristosdescriptor associated with a
549dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Dwarf_Debug
559dd9d0cfSchristosinstance.
569dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
579dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
58cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa dbg
599dd9d0cfSchristosshould be a handle to a valid
609dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Dwarf_Debug
619dd9d0cfSchristosinstance returned by a prior call to
629dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_init 3
639dd9d0cfSchristosor
649dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_elf_init 3 .
659dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
669dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
67cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa elf
689dd9d0cfSchristospoints a location into which a handle to an
699dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Elf
709dd9d0cfSchristosdescriptor will be written.
719dd9d0cfSchristos.Pp
729dd9d0cfSchristosArgument
73cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err
749dd9d0cfSchristosis used to record error information in case of failure.
759dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh RETURN VALUES
769dd9d0cfSchristosOn success, function
779dd9d0cfSchristos.Fn dwarf_get_elf
789dd9d0cfSchristosreturns
799dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_DLV_OK .
809dd9d0cfSchristosIn case of an error, it returns
819dd9d0cfSchristos.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
829dd9d0cfSchristosand sets argument
83cdbf1fe1Sjkoshy.Fa err .
849dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh EXAMPLES
859dd9d0cfSchristosTo retrieve the
869dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Elf
879dd9d0cfSchristosinstance associated with a
889dd9d0cfSchristos.Vt Dwarf_Debug
899dd9d0cfSchristosinstance use:
909dd9d0cfSchristos.Bd -literal -offset indent
919dd9d0cfSchristosDwarf_Debug dbg;
929dd9d0cfSchristosDwarf_Error de;
939dd9d0cfSchristosElf *elf;
949dd9d0cfSchristos
959dd9d0cfSchristos\&... allocate dbg using dwarf_init() etc ...
969dd9d0cfSchristos
979dd9d0cfSchristosif (dwarf_get_elf(dbg, &elf, &de) != DW_DLV_OK)
989dd9d0cfSchristos	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_get_elf: %s", dwarf_errmsg(de));
999dd9d0cfSchristos.Ed
1009dd9d0cfSchristos.Sh SEE ALSO
1019dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf 3 ,
1029dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_errmsg 3 ,
1039dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr dwarf_finish 3 ,
104604b0842Sjkoshy.Xr dwarf_init 3 ,
1059dd9d0cfSchristos.Xr elf 3
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