NAME
nlist —
retrieve symbol table name list from an
executable file
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<nlist.h>
int
nlist(const
char *filename, struct
nlist *nl);
DESCRIPTION
Thenlist()
function retrieves name list entries from the symbol table of an executable
file (see a.out(5)). The argument nl is set to
reference the beginning of the list. The list is preened of binary and invalid
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
HISTORY
A nlist() function appeared in
Version 6 AT&T UNIX.