gelf_getehdr - Man Page

retrieve the header of an ELF binary as a class-independent structure

Synopsis

#include <gelf.h>

GElf_Ehdr *gelf_getehdr(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *dest );

Description

gelf_getehdr() retrieve the ELF header of the binary referenced by elf as a class-independent GElf_Ehdr representation.

Parameters

elf

Pointer to an ELF descriptor.

dest

Pointer to a caller-provided GElf_Ehdr structure that will receive the translated file header. Must not be NULL.  On success, the function stores the header in *dest.

Return Value

On success, returns dest. On failure, returns NULL and sets elf_errno.  If elf is NULL, NULL is returned and elf_errno is not set.

See Also

gelf_newehdr(3), gelf_update_ehdr(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

Attributes

InterfaceAttributeValue
gelf_getehdr()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

Referenced By

elf_flagelf(3).

2025-09-14 Libelf Programmer's Manual