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NAME

nlist – retrieve symbol table name list from an executable file

CONTENTS

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <nlist.h>

int
nlist(const char *filename, struct nlist *nl);

DESCRIPTION

The nlist() function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an executable file (see a.out(5)). The argument amp;nl is set to reference the beginning of the list. The list is preened of binary and invalid data; if an entry in the name list is valid, the n_type and n_value for the entry are copied into the list referenced by amp;nl. No other data is copied. The last entry in the list is always NULL.

RETURN VALUES

The number of invalid entries is returned if successful; otherwise, if the file filename does not exist or is not executable, the returned value is -1.

SEE ALSO

elf(5)

HISTORY

A nlist() function appeared in AT&T v6 .
NLIST (3) April 19, 1994
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