gelf_getclass(3)

gelf_getclass3

Retrieve the class of an elf descriptor

Usage

#include <gelf.h>

int

gelf_getclass(Elf *elf);

Library

library “libelf”

Overview

Function gelf_getclass() returns the ELF class of the descriptor supplied in argument elf.

Return values

Function gelf_getclass() will return one of ELFCLASS32 or ELFCLASS64 if the argument elf is a descriptor for an ELF file. The value ELFCLASSNONE is returned if argument elf was null, or if it was not a descriptor for an ELF file.

Releases

44 releases since FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE; the text changed 20 times.

  1. 7.0
  2. 7.1
  3. 7.2
  4. 7.3
  5. 7.4
  6. 8.0
  7. 8.1
  8. 8.2
  9. 8.3
  10. 8.4
  11. 9.0
  12. 9.1
  13. 9.2
  14. 9.3
  15. 10.0
  16. 10.1
  17. 10.2
  18. 10.3
  19. 10.4
  20. 11.0–12.0
  21. 12.1–16.0

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