elf_fill(3E)      MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES       elf_fill(3E)



NAME
     elffill - set fill byte

SYNOPSIS
     cc [flag ...] file ...  -lelf [library ...]

     #include <libelf.h>

     void elffill(int fill);

DESCRIPTION
     Alignment constraints for ELF files  sometimes  require  the
     presence  of  ``holes.''   For  example, if the data for one
     section are required to begin on an eight-byte boundary, but
     the  preceding  section  is  too ``short,'' the library must
     fill the intervening bytes.  These bytes are set to the fill
     character.   The library uses zero bytes unless the applica-
     tion supplies a value.  See elfgetdata(3E) for more  infor-
     mation about these holes.

SEE ALSO
     elf(3E), elfgetdata(3E), elfflag(3E), elfupdate(3E).

NOTE
     An application can assume control of the object file organi-
     zation by setting the ELFFLAYOUT bit [see elfflag(3E)].
     When this is done, the library does not fill holes.




























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