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elf_nextscn - Return the next section in an ELF descriptor.

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  PARAMETERS  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO  ATTRIBUTES  REPORTING BUGS 

NAME

elf_nextscn - Return the next section in an ELF descriptor.

SYNOPSIS

#include <libelf.h>

Elf_Scn *elf_nextscn(Elf *elf, Elf_Scn *scn);

DESCRIPTION

The elf_nextscn() function returns a handle to the next section in the ELF object descriptor elf. If scn is NULL, the first section (with index 1) is returned. Section index 0 is reserved and skipped.

If scn is not NULL, the section immediately following it is returned. If there are no further sections, NULL is returned.

PARAMETERS

elf

A pointer to an ELF descriptor.

scn

A section handle returned by elf_getscn(3), or NULL to begin iteration.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a pointer to the next Elf_Scn structure in the section list, or NULL if there are no more sections or if elf is NULL.

SEE ALSO

elf_getscn(3), elf_newscn(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