LDTBINDEX(3X)                        BSD                         LDTBINDEX(3X)



NAME
     ldtbindex - compute the index of a symbol table entry of a common object
     file

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <filehdr.h>
     #include <syms.h>
     #include <ldfcn.h>

     long ldtbindex (ldptr)
     LDFILE *ldptr;

DESCRIPTION
     ldtbindex returns the (long) index of the symbol table entry at the
     current position of the common object file associated with ldptr.

     The index returned by ldtbindex may be used in subsequent calls to
     ldtbread(3X).  However, since ldtbindex returns the index of the symbol
     table entry that begins at the current position of the object file, if
     ldtbindex is called immediately after a particular symbol table entry has
     been read, it will return the index of the next entry.

     ldtbindex will fail if there are no symbols in the object file, or if the
     object file is not positioned at the beginning of a symbol table entry.

     Note that the first symbol in the symbol table has an index of zero.

     The program must be loaded with the object file access routine library
     libld.a.

SEE ALSO
     ldclose(3X), ldopen(3X), ldtbread(3X), ldtbseek(3X), ldfcn(4).