LDTBINDEX(3X) (Specialized Libraries) LDTBINDEX(3X)
NAME
ldtbindex - compute the index of a symbol table entry of a
common object file
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <filehdr.h>
#include <syms.h>
#include <ldfcn.h>
long ldtbindex (ldptr)
LDFILE *ldptr;
DESCRIPTION
ldtbindex returns the (long) index of the symbol table entry
at the current position of the common object file associated
with ldptr.
The index returned by ldtbindex may be used in subsequent
calls to ldtbread(3X). However, since ldtbindex returns the
index of the symbol table entry that begins at the current
position of the object file, if ldtbindex is called
immediately after a particular symbol table entry has been
read, it will return the index of the next entry.
ldtbindex will fail if there are no symbols in the object
file, or if the object file is not positioned at the
beginning of a symbol table entry.
Note that the first symbol in the symbol table has an index
of zero.
The program must be loaded with the object file access
routine library libld.a.
SEE ALSO
ldclose(3X), ldopen(3X), ldtbread(3X), ldtbseek(3X),
ldfcn(4).
Page 1 May 1989