ELF Library Functions                              elffill(3ELF)



NAME
     elffill - set fill byte

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lelf [ library ... ]
     #include 

     void elffill(int fill);


DESCRIPTION
     Alignment constraints for ELF files  sometimes  require  the
     presence of ``holes.'' For example, if the data for one sec-
     tion 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 applica-
     tion supplies a value. See elfgetdata(3ELF) for more infor-
     mation about these holes.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Interface Stability          Stable                      
    
     MT-Level                     MT-Safe                     
    


SEE ALSO
     elf(3ELF),      elfflagdata(3ELF),       elfgetdata(3ELF),
     elfupdate(3ELF), libelf(3LIB), attributes(5)

NOTES
     An application can assume control of the object file organi-
     zation    by    setting    the    ELFLAYOUT    bit   (see
     elfflagdata(3ELF)). When this is done, the library does not
     fill holes.











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