hpux man page for elf_fill

elf_fill(3E)															      elf_fill(3E)

NAME
       elf_fill - set fill byte

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

DESCRIPTION
       Alignment  constraints for ELF files sometimes require the presence of ``holes.''  For example, if the data for one section are required to
       begin on an eight-byte boundary, but the preceding section is too ``short,'' the library must fill the intervening bytes.  These bytes  are
       set  to the fill character.  The library uses zero bytes unless the application supplies a value.  See elf_getdata(3E) for more information
       about these holes.

   Note
       An application can assume control of the object file organization by setting the bit (see elf_flag(3E)).  When this is  done,  the  library
       does not fill holes.

SEE ALSO
       elf(3E), elf_getdata(3E), elf_flag(3E), elf_update(3E).

																      elf_fill(3E)