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