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DWARF_GET_STR(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual DWARF_GET_STR(3)
NAME dwarf_get_str - retrieve a string from the DWARF string section
LIBRARY DWARF Access Library (libdwarf, -ldwarf)
SYNOPSIS #include <libdwarf.h>
int dwarf_get_str(Dwarf_Debug dbg, Dwarf_Off offset, char **string, Dwarf_Signed *len, Dwarf_Error *err);
DESCRIPTION Function dwarf_get_str() retrieves a NUL-terminated string from the DWARF string section ".debug_str".
Argument dbg should reference a DWARF debug context allocated using dwarf_init(3).
Argument offset should be an offset, relative to the ".debug_str" section, specifying the start of the desired string.
Argument string should point to a location which will hold a returned pointer to a NUL-terminated string.
Argument len should point to a location which will hold the length of the returned string. The returned length does not include the space needed for the NUL-terminator.
If argument err is not NULL, it will be used to store error information in case of an error.
RETURN VALUES Function dwarf_get_str() returns DW_DLV_OK when it succeeds. It returns DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY if there is no ".debug_str" section associated with the specified debugging context, or if the provided offset offset is at the very end of ".debug_str" section. In case of an error, it returns DW_DLV_ERROR and sets the argument err.
EXAMPLES To retrieve all the strings in the DWARF string section, use:
Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Off offset; Dwarf_Signed len; Dwarf_Error de; char *str; int ret
offset = 0; while ((ret = dwarf_get_str(dbg, offset, &str, &len, &de)) == DW_DLV_OK) { /* .. Use the retrieved string. .. */ offset += len + 1; /* Account for the terminating NUL. */ }

[DW_DLE_ARGUMENT] Argument offset was out of range.
[DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY] The debugging context dbg did not contain a ".debug_str" string section.
[DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY] Argument offset was at the very end of the ".debug_str" section.
SEE ALSO dwarf(3), dwarf_init(3)
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 3, 2011 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11