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.TH elf_fill 3ELF "11 Jul 2001" "SunOS 5.11" "ELF Library Functions"
.SH NAME
elf_fill \- set fill byte
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lelf\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <libelf.h>

\fBvoid\fR \fBelf_fill\fR(\fBint\fR \fIfill\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
Alignment constraints for \fBELF\fR files sometimes require the presence of ``holes.'' For example, if the data for one section are required to begin on an eight-byte boundary, but the preceding section is too ``short,'' the library must fill the intervening bytes. These bytes are set to the \fIfill\fR character. The library uses zero bytes unless the application supplies a value. See \fBelf_getdata\fR(3ELF) for more information about these holes.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBelf\fR(3ELF), \fBelf_flagdata\fR(3ELF), \fBelf_getdata\fR(3ELF), \fBelf_update\fR(3ELF), \fBlibelf\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
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.LP
An application can assume control of the object file organization by setting the \fBELF_F_LAYOUT\fR bit (see \fBelf_flagdata\fR(3ELF)). When this is done, the library does \fInot\fR fill holes.