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ELF Library Functionself_fill(3ELF)


NAME

 elf_fill - set fill byte

SYNOPSIS

 
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lelf [ library ... ]
#include <libelf.h>
void elf_fill(int fill);

DESCRIPTION

 

Alignment constraints for ELF files sometimes require the presence of ``holes.'' For example, if the data for one section are required to begin on an eight-byte boundary, but the preceding section is too ``short,'' the library must fill the intervening bytes. These bytes are set to the fill character. The library uses zero bytes unless the application supplies a value. See elf_getdata(3ELF) for more information about these holes.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStable
MT-LevelMT-Safe

SEE ALSO

 

elf(3ELF), elf_flagdata(3ELF), elf_getdata(3ELF), elf_update(3ELF), libelf(3LIB), attributes(5)

NOTES

 

An application can assume control of the object file organization by setting the ELF_F_LAYOUT bit (see elf_flagdata(3ELF)). When this is done, the library does not fill holes.


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 11 Jul 2001

 
      
      
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