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28.Dd July 25, 2018
29.Dt ELF_GETPHDRNUM 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm elf_getphdrnum
33.Nd return the number of program headers in an ELF file
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libelf
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In libelf.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn elf_getphdrnum "Elf *elf" "size_t *phnum"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41Function
42.Fn elf_getphdrnum
43retrieves the number of ELF program headers associated with descriptor
44.Fa elf
45and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
46.Fa phnum .
47.Pp
48This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
49objects and ELF objects that use extended numbering.
50.Sh RETURN VALUES
51Function
52.Fn elf_getphdrnum
53returns a zero value if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
54.Sh ERRORS
55Function
56.Fn elf_getphdrnum
57can fail with the following errors:
58.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
59.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
60A
61.Dv NULL
62value was passed in for argument
63.Fa elf .
64.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
65Argument
66.Fa elf
67was not for an ELF file.
68.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
69Argument
70.Fa elf
71lacks an ELF Executable Header.
72.It Bq Er ELF_E_HEADER
73The ELF Executable Header associated with argument
74.Fa elf
75was corrupt.
76.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION
77The section header at index
78.Dv SHN_UNDEF
79was corrupt.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr elf 3 ,
83.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
84.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
85.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
86.Xr elf_getshdrnum 3 ,
87.Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3 ,
88.Xr gelf 3 ,
89.Xr gelf_getehdr 3
90