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31 .Nd open ELF objects and ar(1) archives
39 .Fn elf_openmemory "char *image" "size_t sz"
46 are extensions to the ELF(3) API, for the internal use of the
48 Portable applications should not use these functions.
52 returns an Elf descriptor opened with mode
56 archive referenced by the file descriptor in argument
61 returns an ELF descriptor opened with mode
65 archive contained in the memory area pointed to by the argument
69 specifies the size of the memory area in bytes.
71 The function returns a pointer to a ELF descriptor if successful, or
72 NULL if an error occurred.
74 These functions are non-standard extensions to the ELF(3) API set.
76 The behavior of these functions differs from their counterparts
80 in that these functions will successfully open malformed ELF objects
83 archives, returning an Elf descriptor of type
86 These functions can fail with the following errors:
87 .Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
88 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
91 was of an unsupported file type.
92 .It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
95 was zero, or the argument
99 The file descriptor in argument
103 The file descriptor in argument
106 .It Bq Er ELF_E_RESOURCE
107 An out of memory condition was encountered.
108 .It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
113 was called before a working version was established with