ELF_FILL(3E)							  ELF_FILL(3E)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf_fill -	set fill byte

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     cc	[flag ...] file	...  -lelf [library ...]

     #include <libelf.h>

     void elf_fill(int fill);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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	elf_getdata(3E)	for more information
     about these holes.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     elf(3E), elf_getdata(3E), elf_flag(3E), elf_update(3E).

NOTE    [Toc]    [Back]

     An	application can	assume control of the object file organization by
     setting the ELF_F_LAYOUT bit [see elf_flag(3E)].  When this is done, the
     library does not fill holes.


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