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.\" $Id: elf_kind.3 3639 2018-10-14 14:07:02Z jkoshy $
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.Dd June 1, 2006
.Dt ELF_KIND 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf_kind
.Nd determine ELF file type
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelf.h
.Ft Elf_Kind
.Fn elf_kind "Elf *elf"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn elf_kind
function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument
.Ar elf .
The argument
.Ar elf
is allowed to be NULL.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn elf_kind
function returns one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Dv ELF_K_AR
The file associated with argument
.Ar elf
is an archive.
.It Dv ELF_K_ELF
The file associated with argument
.Ar elf
is an ELF file.
.It Dv ELF_K_NONE
The argument
.Ar elf
was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file
associated with argument
.Ar elf ,
or an error occurred when processing.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
.Xr gelf 3