NAME

       elf_rand - Set the offset for the next archive member in an ELF file.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libelf.h>

       size_t elf_rand(Elf *elf, size_t offset);

DESCRIPTION

       The  elf_rand()  function  sets  the  current archive member offset for the ELF archive descriptor elf to
       offset.

       This function is only valid when elf refers to an archive descriptor (i.e., its kind is ELF_K_AR).

       Archive member offsets can be acquired from the Elf_Arsym array returned by elf_getarsym(3).

       If the archive header at the given offset cannot be parsed or validated, then 0 is returned.

PARAMETERS

       elf    A pointer to an ELF archive descriptor.

       offset A byte offset to the archive header, indicating the desired member position.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns the input offset if successful. Returns 0 if elf is NULL, is not an archive descriptor, or if  an
       error occurs while reading the member at offset.

SEE ALSO

       elf_getarsym(3), elf_next(3), libelf(3), elf(5)

ATTRIBUTES

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

REPORTING BUGS

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

Libelf                                             2025-06-30                                        ELF_RAND(3)