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+.\" $Id: elf_getbase.3 978 2010-06-06 12:40:19Z jkoshy $
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 2010
+.Os
+.Dt ELF_GETBASE 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm elf_getbase
+.Nd get the base offset for an object file
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libelf
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In libelf.h
+.Ft off_t
+.Fn elf_getbase "Elf *elf"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Function
+.Fn elf_getbase
+returns the file offset to the first byte of the object referenced by ELF
+descriptor
+.Ar elf .
+.Pp
+For descriptors referencing members of archives, the returned offset is
+the file offset of the member in its containing archive.
+For descriptors to regular objects, the returned offset is (vacuously)
+zero.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Function
+.Fn elf_getbase
+returns a valid file offset if successful, or
+.Pq Vt off_t
+.Li -1
+in case of an error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+Function
+.Fn elf_getbase
+may fail with the following errors:
+.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
+.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
+Argument
+.Ar elf
+was NULL.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr elf 3 ,
+.Xr elf_getarhdr 3 ,
+.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
+.Xr elf_rawfile 3 ,
+.Xr gelf 3