freebsd man page for elf_end

ELF_END(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						ELF_END(3)

NAME
     elf_end -- release an ELF descriptor

LIBRARY
     ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libelf.h>

     int
     elf_end(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION
     Function elf_end() is used to release the resources associated with an ELF descriptor pointed to by argument elf.	This descriptor must have
     been allocated by a previous call to elf_begin(3) or elf_memory(3).  For programming convenience, a NULL value is permitted for argument elf.

     A call to elf_end() decrements the activation count for descriptor elf by one.  The resources associated with the descriptor are only
     released with its activation count goes to zero.

     Once function elf_end() returns zero, the ELF descriptor elf will no longer be valid and should not be used further.

RETURN VALUES
     Function elf_end() returns the current value of the ELF descriptor elf's activation count, or zero if argument elf was NULL.

SEE ALSO
     elf(3), elf_begin(3), elf_memory(3), gelf(3)

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								   June 29, 2006							       BSD