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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
tree | ece253b876159b39c620e62b6c9b1174642e070e /lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 |
initial import of NetBSD tree
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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 b/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5b27dce9200 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/nlist.3 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: nlist.3,v 1.5 1995/02/27 04:35:27 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)nlist.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt NLIST 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm nlist +.Nd retrieve symbol table name list from an executable file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <nlist.h> +.Ft int +.Fn nlist "const char *filename" "struct nlist *nl" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn nlist +function +retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an +executable file. (See +.Xr a.out 5 . ) +The argument +.Fa \&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 +.Fa n_type +and +.Fa n_value +for the entry are copied into the list +referenced by +.Fa \&nl . +No other data is copied. +The last entry in the list is always +.Dv NULL . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The number of invalid entries is returned if successful; otherwise, +if the file +.Fa filename +does not exist or is not executable, the returned value is \-1. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr a.out 5 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn nlist +function appeared in +.At v6 . |