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elf_getaroff - retrieve the offset of an archive member header

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  PARAMETERS  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO  ATTRIBUTES  REPORTING BUGS  HISTORY 

NAME

elf_getaroff − retrieve the offset of an archive member header

SYNOPSIS

#include <libelf.h>

int64_t elf_getaroff(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION

Return the file offset, in bytes, of the archive member header currently referred to by an ELF descriptor. This is the offset of the member header in the parent archive file. This offset can be used with elf_rand.

PARAMETERS

elf

Elf descriptor referring to a member of an archive file header.

RETURN VALUE

Return the file offset, in bytes, of the archive member header referred to by elf. If elf is NULL or is not a member of an archive, return -1.

SEE ALSO

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

ATTRIBUTES

REPORTING BUGS

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

HISTORY

elf_getaroff first appeared in elfutils 0.114. This elfutils libelf function may not be found in other libelf implementations.


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