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elf_getarhdr - retrieve archive member header information

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  PARAMETERS  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO  ATTRIBUTES  REPORTING BUGS 

NAME

elf_getarhdr − retrieve archive member header information

SYNOPSIS

#include <libelf.h>

Elf_Arhdr *elf_getarhdr(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION

Return a Elf_Arhdr * describing the archive header of the archive member currently referred to by an ELF descriptor.

The Elf_Arhdr structure is defined as:

typedef struct {
char *ar_name; /* Name of archive member. */
time_t ar_date; /* File date. */
uid_t ar_uid; /* User ID. */
gid_t ar_gid; /* Group ID. */
mode_t ar_mode; /* File mode. */
int64_t ar_size; /* File size. */
char *ar_rawname; /* Original name of archive member. */
} Elf_Arhdr;

PARAMETERS

elf

An ELF descriptor referring to a member of an archive file.

RETURN VALUE

If elf refers to an archive member, elf_getarhdr() returns a pointer to its archive header. This pointer is valid until elf or the parent archive Elf descriptor are closed using elf_end(). If elf does not refer to an archive member or the header cannot be acquired then NULL is returned.

SEE ALSO

elf_begin(3), elf_getaroff(3), elf_next(3), elf_rand(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

ATTRIBUTES

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se