dladdr

Obtains information about the symbol that is most closely defined by the specified address.

Library:LibC

Classification:POSIX

Service:Library

Syntax

  #include <dlfcn.h> 
   
  int dladdr (
     const void   *addr,
     Dl_info      *info );

Parameters

addr: (IN) Points to the address to use for searching for a symbol.
info: (OUT) Points to the symbol information associated with the address.

Return Values

If successful, returns a non-zero value. Otherwise, returns 0 and the structure contains invalid values.

Remarks

The dladdr function searches for the nearest symbol whose address is equal to, or closest to but less than, the specified address.

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