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.Dd February 27, 2019
.Dt ELF_NEXT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf_next
.Nd provide sequential access to the next archive member
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelf.h
.Ft Elf_Cmd
.Fn elf_next "Elf *elf"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn elf_next
function causes the ELF archive descriptor corresponding to argument
.Fa elf
to be adjusted to provide access to the next member in
the archive on a subsequent call to
.Fn elf_begin .
.Pp
The return value of
.Fn elf_next
is suitable for use in a loop invoking
.Fn elf_begin .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful, function
.Fn elf_next
returns the value
.Dv ELF_C_READ .
Otherwise, if argument
.Fa elf
was not associated with an archive, or if it was
.Dv NULL ,
or if any other error occurred, the value
.Dv ELF_C_NULL
is returned.
.Sh EXAMPLES
To process all the members of an archive use:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Elf_Cmd cmd;
Elf *archive, *e;
\&...
cmd = ELF_C_READ;
archive = elf_begin(fd, cmd, NULL);
while ((e = elf_begin(fd, cmd, archive)) != (Elf *) 0)
{
	... process `e' here ...

	cmd = elf_next(e);
	elf_end(e);
}
elf_end(archive);
.Ed
.Sh ERRORS
Function
.Fn elf_next
may fail with the following error:
.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Fa elf
was not associated with a containing
.Xr ar 1
archive.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
An error was encountered while parsing the archive containing argument
.Fa elf .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf_begin 3 ,
.Xr elf_end 3 ,
.Xr elf_rand 3