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NLIST(3)		    Library Functions Manual		      NLIST(3)

NAME
       nlist --	retrieve symbol	table name list	from an	executable file

LIBRARY
       Standard	C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<nlist.h>

       int
       nlist(const char	*filename, struct nlist	*nl);

DESCRIPTION
       The  nlist() function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table
       of an executable	file (see a.out(5)).  The argument nl is set to	refer-
       ence the	beginning of the list.	The list is preened of binary and  in-
       valid  data;  if	 an  entry  in	the name list is valid,	the n_type and
       n_value for the entry are copied	into the list referenced  by  nl.   No
       other data is copied.  The last entry in	the list is always NULL.

RETURN VALUES
       The  number of invalid entries is returned if successful; otherwise, if
       the file	filename does not exist	or is  not  executable,	 the  returned
       value is	-1.

SEE ALSO
       elf(5)

HISTORY
       A nlist() function appeared in Version 6	AT&T UNIX.

FreeBSD	14.3			April 19, 1994			      NLIST(3)

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