ldtbindex(3X)                                       ldtbindex(3X)



NAME
     ldtbindex - compute 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, and then is called immediately
     after a particular symbol table entry has been read, it
     returns the the index of the next entry.

     ldtbindex fails 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.

     Programs using this routine should be loaded with the object
     file access library libld.a.

SEE ALSO
     ldclose(3X), ldfcn(3X), ldopen(3X), ldtbread(3X),
     ldtbseek(3X)

















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