NAME
elf_kind – determine ELF file type
LIBRARY
library “libelf”
SYNOPSIS
#include <libelf.h>
Elf_Kind
elf_kind(Elf *elf);
DESCRIPTION
The elf_kind() function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument elf. The argument elf is allowed to be NULL.
RETURN VALUES
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.