dwarf_add_directory_decl(3)

dwarf_add_directory_decl3

Add a directory name to a producer instance

Usage

#include <libdwarf.h>

Dwarf_Unsigned

dwarf_add_directory_decl(Dwarf_P_Debug dbg, char *name, Dwarf_Error *err);

Library

library “libdwarf”

Overview

Function dwarf_add_directory_decl() adds a source directory name to a producer instance and returns the index value generated for the directory name.

Argument dbg should reference a DWARF producer instance allocated using dwarf_producer_init(3) or dwarf_producer_init_b(3).

Argument name should point a NUL-terminated string containing the name of the directory.

If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an error.

Return values

On success, function dwarf_add_directory_decl() returns the index value generated for the directory. In case of an error, function dwarf_add_directory_decl() returns DW_DLV_NOCOUNT and sets the argument err.

Errors

Function dwarf_add_directory_decl() can fail with:

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT]

Either of the arguments dbg or name was NULL.

[DW_DLE_MEMORY]

An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the function.

Releases

25 releases since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11.0–12.0
  2. 12.1–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.