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27.\" Id: dwarf_diename.3 3962 2022-03-12 15:56:10Z jkoshy
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29.Dd March 31, 2010
30.Dt DWARF_DIENAME 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_diename
34.Nd retrieve the name associated with a debugging information entry
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn dwarf_diename "Dwarf_Die die" "char **ret_name" "Dwarf_Error *err"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42Function
43.Fn dwarf_diename
44retrieves a pointer to the NUL-terminated string associated with the
45.Dv DW_AT_name
46attribute of the debugging information entry descriptor referenced by
47argument
48.Fa die .
49If the pointer was successfully retrieved, it is stored in the location
50pointed to by argument
51.Fa ret_name .
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53Function
54.Fn dwarf_diename
55returns
56.Dv DW_DLV_OK
57on success.
58.Pp
59If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
60.Fa die
61does not contain a
62.Dv DW_AT_name
63attribute, the function returns
64.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
65and sets argument
66.Fa err .
67For other errors, it returns
68.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
69and sets argument
70.Fa err .
71.Sh ERRORS
72Function
73.Fn dwarf_diename
74can fail with the following errors:
75.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
76.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
77Either of arguments
78.Fa die
79or
80.Fa ret_name
81was
82.Dv NULL .
83.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
84Argument
85.Fa die
86had no
87.Dv DW_AT_name
88attribute.
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr dwarf 3 ,
92.Xr dwarf_die_abbrev_code 3 ,
93.Xr dwarf_dieoffset 3 ,
94.Xr dwarf_tag 3
95