elf_kind3
Determine elf file type
Usage
#include <libelf.h>
Elf_Kind
elf_kind(Elf *elf);
Library
library “libelf”
Overview
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
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The file associated with argument elf is an archive.
- ELF_K_ELF
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The file associated with argument elf is an ELF file.
- ELF_K_NONE
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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.
Releases
44 releases since FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE; the text changed 20 times.