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Top Forums Programming ELF-string table Post 302280628 by otheus on Tuesday 27th of January 2009 09:51:08 AM
Old 01-27-2009
You can use the elf library routines, or read the man pages on the ELF format.
 

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ELF_GETSHDRNUM(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					 ELF_GETSHDRNUM(3)

NAME
elf_getshdrnum -- return the number of sections in an ELF file LIBRARY
ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf) SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h> int elf_getshdrnum(Elf *elf, size_t *shnum); DESCRIPTION
Function elf_getshdrnum() retrieves the number of ELF sections associated with descriptor elf and stores it into the location pointed to by argument shnum. This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering. RETURN VALUES
Function elf_getshdrnum() returns zero value if successful, or -1 in case of an error. ERRORS
Function elf_getshdrnum() can fail with the following errors: [ELF_E_ARGUMENT] A NULL value was passed in for argument elf. [ELF_E_ARGUMENT] Argument elf was not for an ELF file. [ELF_E_ARGUMENT] Argument elf lacks an ELF Executable header. SEE ALSO
elf(3), elf32_getehdr(3), elf64_getehdr(3), elf_getident(3), elf_getphdrnum(3), elf_getshdrstrndx(3), gelf(3), gelf_getehdr(3) BSD
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