elf_fill(3E)                     DG/UX 5.4.2                    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 application supplies a value.  See elfgetdata(3E) for more
       information about these holes.

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

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
































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