GELF_GETEHDR(3)

NAME
gelf_getehdr - retrieve the header of an ELF binary as a class-independent structure

SYNOPSIS
#include <gelf.h>

GElf_Ehdr *gelf_getehdr(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *dest );

DESCRIPTION
gelf_getehdr() retrieve the ELF header of the binary referenced by elf as a class-independent GElf_Ehdr representation.

PARAMETERS

elf Pointer to an ELF descriptor.

dest
    Pointer to a caller-provided GElf_Ehdr structure that will receive the translated file header. Must not be NULL. On success, the function stores the header in *dest.

RETURN VALUE
On success, returns dest. On failure, returns NULL and sets elf_errno. If elf is NULL, NULL is returned and elf_errno is not set.

SEE ALSO
gelf_newehdr(3), gelf_update_ehdr(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

ATTRIBUTES
Interface | Attribute | Value
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.