ELFFILL(3E)                                                      ELFFILL(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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