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elf_kind – determine ELF file type

LIBRARY SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUES SEE ALSO

ELF Access Library (libelf, -lelf)

#include <libelf.h>

Elf_Kind
elf_kind(Elf *elf);

The elf_kind() function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument elf. The argument elf is allowed to be NULL.

The elf_kind() function returns one of the following values:

ELF_K_AR
	The file associated with argument elf is an archive.
ELF_K_ELF
	The file associated with argument elf is an ELF file.
ELF_K_NONE
	The argument elf was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file associated with argument elf, or an error occurred when processing.