Re: nlist() equivalent?

Michael Riepe (riepe@ifwsn4.ifw.uni-hannover.de)
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 03:52:46 +0200


On ELF systems, nlist() is part of libelf. You can get it from

ftp://ifwsn4.ifw.uni-hannover.de/private/linux/
http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~michael/software/

Michael.

From: Cyrus Durgin <cider@elwha.evergreen.edu>
> hi - i'm currently trying to port some apps from SunOS to linux, and need
> to know what the equivalent of nlist() in SunOS is in linux. according
> to the man page, nlist() is:
>
> nlist examines the name list in the given executable output file and
> selectively extracts a list of values.
>
> if anyone knows of the linux equivalent, i'd really appreciate it. i
> know there's an nlist.h, but all it has in it is the nlist struct. there
> aren't any functions to actually examine the name list in an executable.
> thanks!

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