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.Dd June 1, 2006 .Dt ELF_KIND 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm elf_kind .Nd determine ELF file type .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libelf .Sh SYNOPSIS n libelf.h .Ft Elf_Kind .Fn elf_kind "Elf *elf" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn elf_kind function identifies the kind of file associated with its argument .Ar elf . The argument .Ar elf is allowed to be NULL. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn elf_kind function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width indent t Dv ELF_K_AR The file associated with argument .Ar elf is an archive. t Dv ELF_K_ELF The file associated with argument .Ar elf is an ELF file. t Dv ELF_K_NONE The argument .Ar elf was NULL, or the ELF library could not determine the type of the file associated with argument .Ar elf , or an error occurred when processing. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr elf 3 , .Xr elf_begin 3 , .Xr elf_getident 3 , .Xr gelf 3