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.Dd June 17, 2006 .Dt ELF_NEXT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm elf_next .Nd provide sequential access to the next archive member .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libelf .Sh SYNOPSIS n libelf.h .Ft Elf_Cmd .Fn elf_next "Elf *elf" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn elf_next function causes the ELF archive descriptor corresponding to argument .Ar elf to be adjusted to provide access to the next member in the archive on a subsequent call to .Fn elf_begin .
p The return value of .Fn elf_next is suitable for use in a loop invoking .Fn elf_begin . .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, function .Fn elf_next returns the value .Dv ELF_C_READ . Otherwise, if argument .Ar elf was not associated with an archive, or if it was .Dv NULL , or if any other error occurred, the value .Dv ELF_C_NULL is returned. .Sh EXAMPLES To process all the members of an archive use: d -literal -offset indent Elf_Cmd cmd; Elf *archive, *e; ... cmd = ELF_C_READ; archive = elf_begin(fd, cmd, NULL); while ((e = elf_begin(fd, cmd, archive)) != (Elf *) 0) { ... process `e' here ... cmd = elf_next(e); elf_end(e); } elf_end(archive); .Ed .Sh ERRORS Function .Fn elf_next may fail with the following error: l -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]" t Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT Argument .Ar elf was not associated with a containing .Xr ar 1 archive. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr elf 3 , .Xr elf_begin 3 , .Xr elf_end 3 , .Xr elf_rand 3