NAME

       elf_getbase - Retrieve the base offset for an ELF object file.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libelf.h>

       int64_t elf_getbase(Elf *elf);

DESCRIPTION

       elf_getbase  returns  the file offset of the first byte of the ELF descriptor elf.  If elf is a member of
       an archive and has ELF kind ELF_K_AR, the base offset is the offset of the ELF object within the archive.
       For other ELF object types the base offset is 0.

PARAMETERS

       elf    The ELF descriptor.

RETURN VALUE

       Return the base offset of elf if its ELF kind is ELF_K_AR, otherwise return 0.  If elf  is  NULL,  return
       -1.

SEE ALSO

       elf_getaroff(3), elf_rawelf(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                                                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ elf_getbase()                                                               │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.

Libelf                                             2025-03-31                                     ELF_GETBASE(3)