HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

elf_getdata(3E) elf_getdata(3E)

ehdr = elf32_getehdr(elf);

scn = elf_getscn(elf, (size_t)ehdr->e_shstrndx);

shdr = elf32_getshdr(scn);

if (shdr->sh_type != SHT_STRTAB)

{

/* not a string table */

}

data = 0;

if ((data = elf_getdata(scn, data)) == 0

|| data->d_size == 0)

{

/* error or no data */

}

The e_shstrndx member in an ELF header holds the section table index of the string table. The pro-

gram gets a section descriptor for that section, veriﬁes it is a string table, and then retrieves the data.

When this fragment ﬁnishes, data->d_buf

points at the ﬁrst byte of the string table, and

data->d_size holds the string table’s size in bytes.