freebsd man page for elf_getbase

ELF_GETBASE(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					    ELF_GETBASE(3)

NAME
     elf_getbase -- get the base offset for an object file

LIBRARY
     ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libelf.h>

     off_t
     elf_getbase(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION
     Function elf_getbase() returns the file offset to the first byte of the object referenced by ELF descriptor elf.

     For descriptors referencing members of archives, the returned offset is the file offset of the member in its containing archive.  For
     descriptors to regular objects, the returned offset is (vacuously) zero.

RETURN VALUES
     Function elf_getbase() returns a valid file offset if successful, or (off_t) -1 in case of an error.

ERRORS
     Function elf_getbase() may fail with the following errors:

     [ELF_E_ARGUMENT]  Argument elf was NULL.

SEE ALSO
     elf(3), elf_getarhdr(3), elf_getident(3), elf_rawfile(3), gelf(3)

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