NLIST(3) BSD Library Functions Manual NLIST(3)NAME
nlist -- retrieve symbol table name list from an executable file
SYNOPSIS
#include <mach-o/nlist.h>
int
nlist(const char *filename, struct nlist *nl);
DESCRIPTION
The nlist() function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an executable file. (See <mach-o/nlist.h>) The argument nl is set
to reference the beginning of the list. The list is preened of binary and invalid data; if an entry in the name list is valid, the n_type
and n_value for the entry are copied into the list referenced by nl. No other data is copied. The last entry in the list is always NULL.
RETURN VALUES
The number of invalid entries is returned if successful; otherwise, if the file filename does not exist or is not executable, the returned
value is -1.
SEE ALSO Mach-O(5)HISTORY
A nlist() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
Darwin April 19, 1994 Darwin
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nlist(3UCB) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Library Functions nlist(3UCB)NAME
nlist - get entries from symbol table
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/cc [ flag ... ] file ...
#include <nlist.h>
int nlist(filename, nl)
char *filename;
struct nlist *nl;
DESCRIPTION
nlist() examines the symbol table from the executable image whose name is pointed to by filename, and selectively extracts a list of values
and puts them in the array of nlist structures pointed to by nl. The name list pointed to by nl consists of an array of structures contain-
ing names, types and values. The n_name field of each such structure is taken to be a pointer to a character string representing a symbol
name. The list is terminated by an entry with a NULL pointer (or a pointer to a NULL string) in the n_name field. For each entry in nl, if
the named symbol is present in the executable image's symbol table, its value and type are placed in the n_value and n_type fields. If a
symbol cannot be located, the corresponding n_type field of nl is set to zero.
RETURN VALUES
Upon normal completion, nlist() returns the number of symbols that were not located in the symbol table. If an error occurs, nlist()
returns -1 and sets all of the n_type fields in members of the array pointed to by nl to zero.
SEE ALSO cc(1B), nlist(3ELF), a.out(4)NOTES
Use of these interfaces should be restricted to only applications written on BSD platforms. Use of these interfaces with any of the system
libraries or in multi-thread applications is unsupported.
Only the n_value field is compatibly set. Other fields in the nlist structure are filled with the ELF (Executable and Linking Format)
values (see nlist(3ELF) and a.out(4)).
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