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28.Dd July 25, 2018
29.Dt ELF_GETSHSTRNDX 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm elf_getshstrndx ,
33.Nm elf_setshstrndx
34.Nd retrieve/update the index of the section name string table
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libelf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libelf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn elf_getshstrndx "Elf *elf" "size_t *ndxptr"
41.Ft int
42.Fn elf_setshstrndx "Elf *elf" "size_t ndx"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Function
45.Fn elf_getshstrndx
46is deprecated.
47Please use
48.Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3
49instead.
50.Pp
51Function
52.Fn elf_getshstrndx
53retrieves the section index of the string table containing section
54names from descriptor
55.Fa elf
56and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
57.Fa ndxptr .
58.Pp
59Function
60.Fn elf_setshstrndx
61sets the index of the section name string table to argument
62.Fa ndx .
63.Pp
64These routines allow applications to process both normal ELF
65objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67These functions return a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case
68of an error.
69.Sh ERRORS
70These functions can fail with the following errors:
71.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
72.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
73A
74.Dv NULL
75value was passed in for argument
76.Fa elf .
77.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
78Argument
79.Fa elf
80was not for an ELF file.
81.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
82Argument
83.Fa elf
84lacks an ELF Executable header.
85.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
86Argument
87.Fa ndx
88contained a value in the reserved range of section indices.
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr elf 3 ,
92.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
93.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
94.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
95.Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
96.Xr elf_getshdrnum 3 ,
97.Xr gelf 3 ,
98.Xr gelf_getehdr 3
99