elf_flag(3E)                   DG/UX 5.4R3.00                   elf_flag(3E)


NAME
       elf_flagdata, elf_flagehdr, elf_flagelf, elf_flagphdr, elf_flagscn,
       elf_flagshdr - manipulate flags

SYNOPSIS
       cc [flag ...] file ...  -lelf [library ...]

       #include <libelf.h>
       unsigned elf_flagdata(Elf_Data *data, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);
       unsigned elf_flagehdr(Elf *elf, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);
       unsigned elf_flagelf(Elf *elf, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);
       unsigned elf_flagphdr(Elf *elf, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);
       unsigned elf_flagscn(Elf_Scn *scn, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);
       unsigned elf_flagshdr(Elf_Scn *scn, Elf_Cmd cmd, unsigned flags);

DESCRIPTION
       These  functions  manipulate  the  flags  associated   with   various
       structures  of  an  ELF  file.  Given an ELF descriptor (elf), a data
       descriptor (data), or a section descriptor (scn), the  functions  may
       set  or clear the associated status bits, returning the updated bits.
       A null  descriptor  is  allowed,  to  simplify  error  handling;  all
       functions return zero for this degenerate case.

       cmd may have the following values:

       ELF_C_CLR     The  functions  clear  the  bits  that  are asserted in
                     flags.  Only the non-zero bits in  flags  are  cleared;
                     zero bits do not change the status of the descriptor.

       ELF_C_SET     The  functions set the bits that are asserted in flags.
                     Only the non-zero bits in flags are set; zero  bits  do
                     not change the status of the descriptor.

       Descriptions of the defined flags bits appear below.

       ELF_F_DIRTY       When the program intends to write an ELF file, this
                         flag asserts the associated information needs to be
                         written  to the file.  Thus, for example, a program
                         that wished to update the ELF header of an existing
                         file  would  call elf_flagehdr with this bit set in
                         flags and cmd equal to ELF_C_SET.  A later call  to
                         elf_update  would  write  the  marked header to the
                         file.

       ELF_F_LAYOUT      Normally, the library decides  how  to  arrange  an
                         output  file.   That  is,  it automatically decides
                         where to place sections, how to align them  in  the
                         file,   etc.   If  this  bit  is  set  for  an  ELF
                         descriptor, the program assumes responsibility  for
                         determining   all  file  positions.   This  bit  is
                         meaningful only for elf_flagelf and applies to  the
                         entire file associated with the descriptor.

       When  a  flag  bit is set for an item, it affects all the subitems as



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elf_flag(3E)                   DG/UX 5.4R3.00                   elf_flag(3E)


       well.  Thus, for example, if the program  sets  the  ELF_F_DIRTY  bit
       with elf_flagelf, the entire logical file is ``dirty.''

EXAMPLE
       The  following fragment shows how one might mark the ELF header to be
       written to the output file.

            ehdr = elf32_getehdr(elf);
            /* dirty ehdr ... */
            elf_flagehdr(elf, ELF_C_SET, ELF_F_DIRTY);

SEE ALSO
       elf(3E), elf_end(3E), elf_getdata(3E), elf_getehdr(3E),
       elf_update(3E).











































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