ldlread(3X)             LIBRARY FUNCTIONS             ldlread(3X)



NAME
     ldlread, ldlinit, ldlitem - manipulate line  number  entries
     of a common object file function

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <filehdr.h>
     #include <syms.h>
     #include <ldfcn.h>


     int ldlread (ldptr, fcnindx, linenum, linent)
     LDFILE *ldptr;
     long fcnindx;
     unsigned short linenum;
     LINER linent;

     int ldlinit (ldptr, fcnindx)
     LDFILE *ldptr;
     long fcnindx;

     int ldlitem (ldptr, linenum, linent)
     LDFILE *ldptr;
     unsigned short linenum;
     INER linent;

DESCRIPTION
     Ldlread searches the  line  number  entries  of  the  common
     object file currently associated with ldptr.  Ldlread begins
     its search with the line number entry for the beginning of a
     function and confines its search to the line numbers associ-
     ated with a single function.  The function is identified  by
     fcnindx,  which  is  the index of its local symbols entry in
     the object file symbol table.  Ldlread reads the entry  with
     the  smallest  line  number equal to or greater than linenum
     into linent.

     Ldlinit and ldlitem together do exactly the same function as
     ldlread.  After an initial call to ldlread or ldlinit, ldli-
     tem can be used to retrieve a series of line number  entries
     associated with a single function.  Ldlinit simply finds the
     line number entries for the function identified by  fcnindx.
     Ldlitem  finds  and  reads  the entry with the smallest line
     number equal to or greater than linenum into linent.

     Ldlread, ldlinit, and ldlitem each return either SUCCESS  or
     FAILURE.   If  no  line  number  entries exist in the object
     file, if fcnindx does not index a function entry in the sym-
     bol table, or if it finds no line number equal to or greater
     than linenum, ldlread fails.   If  no  line  number  entries
     exist  in  the  object  file  or if fcnindx does not index a
     function entry in the symbol table, ldlinit  fails.   If  it



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ldlread(3X)             LIBRARY FUNCTIONS             ldlread(3X)



     finds no line number equal to or greater than linenum, ldli-
     tem fails.

     The programs must be loaded with the object file access rou-
     tine library libmld.a.

SEE ALSO
     ldclose(3X), ldopen(3X), ldtbindex(3X), ldfcn(4).















































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