ELF_GETAROFF(3)           Libelf Programmer's Manual           ELF_GETAROFF(3)



NAME
       elf_getaroff - retrieve the offset of an archive member header


SYNOPSIS
       #include <libelf.h>

       int64_t elf_getaroff(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION
       Return the file offset, in bytes, of the archive member header
       currently referred to by an ELF descriptor.  This is the offset of the
       member header in the parent archive file.  This offset can be used with
       elf_rand.


PARAMETERS
       elf    Elf descriptor referring to a member of an archive file header.


RETURN VALUE
       Return the file offset, in bytes, of the archive member header referred
       to by elf.  If elf is NULL or is not a member of an archive, return -1.


SEE ALSO
       elf_begin(3), elf_next(3), elf_rand(3), libelf(3), elf(5)


ATTRIBUTES

       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                                   | Attribute     | Value   |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |elf_getaroff ()                             | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+

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


HISTORY
       elf_getaroff first appeared in elfutils 0.114.  This elfutils libelf
       function may not be found in other libelf implementations.

Libelf                            2025-06-06                   ELF_GETAROFF(3)