@section Opening and closing BFDs


@findex bfd_openr
@subsubsection @code{bfd_openr}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
bfd *bfd_openr(CONST char *filename, CONST char *target);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Open the file @var{filename} (using @code{fopen}) with the target
@var{target}.  Return a pointer to the created BFD.

Calls @code{bfd_find_target}, so @var{target} is interpreted as by
that function.

If @code{NULL} is returned then an error has occured.   Possible errors
are @code{bfd_error_no_memory}, @code{bfd_error_invalid_target} or @code{system_call} error.

@findex bfd_fdopenr
@subsubsection @code{bfd_fdopenr}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
bfd *bfd_fdopenr(CONST char *filename, CONST char *target, int fd);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
@code{bfd_fdopenr} is to @code{bfd_fopenr} much like @code{fdopen} is to @code{fopen}.
It opens a BFD on a file already described by the @var{fd}
supplied.

When the file is later @code{bfd_close}d, the file descriptor will be closed.

If the caller desires that this file descriptor be cached by BFD
(opened as needed, closed as needed to free descriptors for
other opens), with the supplied @var{fd} used as an initial
file descriptor (but subject to closure at any time), call
bfd_set_cacheable(bfd, 1) on the returned BFD.  The default is to
assume no cacheing; the file descriptor will remain open until
@code{bfd_close}, and will not be affected by BFD operations on other
files.

Possible errors are @code{bfd_error_no_memory}, @code{bfd_error_invalid_target} and @code{bfd_error_system_call}.

@findex bfd_openstreamr
@subsubsection @code{bfd_openstreamr}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
bfd *bfd_openstreamr(const char *, const char *, PTR);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Open a BFD for read access on an existing stdio stream.  When
the BFD is passed to @code{bfd_close}, the stream will be closed.

@findex bfd_openw
@subsubsection @code{bfd_openw}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
bfd *bfd_openw(CONST char *filename, CONST char *target);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Create a BFD, associated with file @var{filename}, using the
file format @var{target}, and return a pointer to it.

Possible errors are @code{bfd_error_system_call}, @code{bfd_error_no_memory},
@code{bfd_error_invalid_target}.

@findex bfd_close
@subsubsection @code{bfd_close}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
boolean bfd_close(bfd *abfd);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Close a BFD. If the BFD was open for writing,
then pending operations are completed and the file written out
and closed. If the created file is executable, then
@code{chmod} is called to mark it as such.

All memory attached to the BFD is released.

The file descriptor associated with the BFD is closed (even
if it was passed in to BFD by @code{bfd_fdopenr}).

@strong{Returns}@*
@code{true} is returned if all is ok, otherwise @code{false}.

@findex bfd_close_all_done
@subsubsection @code{bfd_close_all_done}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
boolean bfd_close_all_done(bfd *);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Close a BFD.  Differs from @code{bfd_close}
since it does not complete any pending operations.  This
routine would be used if the application had just used BFD for
swapping and didn't want to use any of the writing code.

If the created file is executable, then @code{chmod} is called
to mark it as such.

All memory attached to the BFD is released.

@strong{Returns}@*
@code{true} is returned if all is ok, otherwise @code{false}.

@findex bfd_create
@subsubsection @code{bfd_create}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
bfd *bfd_create(CONST char *filename, bfd *templ);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Create a new BFD in the manner of
@code{bfd_openw}, but without opening a file. The new BFD
takes the target from the target used by @var{template}. The
format is always set to @code{bfd_object}.

@findex bfd_alloc
@subsubsection @code{bfd_alloc}
@strong{Synopsis}
@example
PTR bfd_alloc (bfd *abfd, size_t wanted);
@end example
@strong{Description}@*
Allocate a block of @var{wanted} bytes of memory attached to
@code{abfd} and return a pointer to it.