NAME
elf_kind —
determine ELF file
type
LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)
SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h>
Elf_Kind
elf_kind(
Elf
*elf);
DESCRIPTION
The
elf_kind() function identifies the kind of file associated
with its argument
elf. The argument
elf is allowed to be NULL.
RETURN VALUES
The
elf_kind() function returns one of the following values:
-
-
ELF_K_AR
- The file associated with argument elf
is an archive.
-
-
ELF_K_ELF
- The file associated with argument elf
is an ELF file.
-
-
ELF_K_NONE
- The argument elf was NULL, or the ELF
library could not determine the type of the file associated with argument
elf, or an error occurred when processing.
SEE ALSO
elf(3),
elf_begin(3),
elf_getident(3),
gelf(3)