corefile.c revision 33965 
1/* Core file generic interface routines for BFD.
2   Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3   Written by Cygnus Support.
4
5This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
6
7This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10(at your option) any later version.
11
12This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15GNU General Public License for more details.
16
17You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
20
21/*
22SECTION
23	Core files
24
25DESCRIPTION
26	These are functions pertaining to core files.
27*/
28
29#include "bfd.h"
30#include "sysdep.h"
31#include "libbfd.h"
32
33
34/*
35FUNCTION
36	bfd_core_file_failing_command
37
38SYNOPSIS
39	CONST char *bfd_core_file_failing_command(bfd *abfd);
40
41DESCRIPTION
42	Return a read-only string explaining which program was running
43	when it failed and produced the core file @var{abfd}.
44
45*/
46
47CONST char *
48bfd_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
49     bfd *abfd;
50{
51  if (abfd->format != bfd_core) {
52    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
53    return NULL;
54  }
55  return BFD_SEND (abfd, _core_file_failing_command, (abfd));
56}
57
58/*
59FUNCTION
60	bfd_core_file_failing_signal
61
62SYNOPSIS
63	int bfd_core_file_failing_signal(bfd *abfd);
64
65DESCRIPTION
66	Returns the signal number which caused the core dump which
67	generated the file the BFD @var{abfd} is attached to.
68*/
69
70int
71bfd_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
72     bfd *abfd;
73{
74  if (abfd->format != bfd_core) {
75    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
76    return 0;
77  }
78  return BFD_SEND (abfd, _core_file_failing_signal, (abfd));
79}
80
81
82/*
83FUNCTION
84	core_file_matches_executable_p
85
86SYNOPSIS
87	boolean core_file_matches_executable_p
88		(bfd *core_bfd, bfd *exec_bfd);
89
90DESCRIPTION
91	Return <<true>> if the core file attached to @var{core_bfd}
92	was generated by a run of the executable file attached to
93	@var{exec_bfd}, <<false>> otherwise.
94*/
95boolean
96core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
97     bfd *core_bfd, *exec_bfd;
98{
99    if ((core_bfd->format != bfd_core) || (exec_bfd->format != bfd_object)) {
100	    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
101	    return false;
102	}
103
104    return BFD_SEND (core_bfd, _core_file_matches_executable_p,
105		     (core_bfd, exec_bfd));
106}
107