elf_strptr(3E)															    elf_strptr(3E)

NAME

       elf_strptr - make a string pointer

SYNOPSIS

       [flag... ] file...  [library] ...

DESCRIPTION

       This  function converts a string section offset to a string pointer.  elf identifies the file in which the string section resides, and sec-
       tion gives the section table index for the strings.  normally returns a pointer to a string, but it returns a  null  pointer  when  elf	is
       null, section is invalid or is not a section of type the section data cannot be obtained, offset is invalid, or an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

       A  prototype  for retrieving section names appears below.  The file header specifies the section name string table in the member.  The fol-
       lowing code loops through the sections, printing their names.

	       if ((ehdr = elf32_getehdr(elf)) == 0)
	       {
		       /* handle the error */
		       return;
	       }
	       ndx = ehdr->e_shstrndx;
	       scn = 0;
	       while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != 0)
	       {
		       char    *name = 0;
		       if ((shdr = elf32_getshdr(scn)) != 0)
			   name = elf_strptr(elf, ndx,
					     (size_t)shdr->sh_name);
		       printf("'%s'
", name? name: "(null)");
	       }

   Note
       A program may call to retrieve an entire string table section.  For some applications, that would be both more efficient  and  more  conve-
       nient than using

SEE ALSO

       elf(3E), elf_getdata(3E), elf_getshdr(3E), elf_xlate(3E).

																    elf_strptr(3E)