ELF_CLONE(3)

👑 ELF_CLONE(3) 👑

ok so bestie, welcome to the Libelf Programmer's Manual — yes, the Libelf one, the elf-coded library of your dreams 💅 this page is about elf_clone, and it's gonna be quick, but we're gonna make it cute.

🌸 NAME 🌸

elf_clone — Create a clone of an existing ELF descriptor.

no cap, that's the whole pitch. a clone. of an ELF descriptor. the way that a function can just duplicate the vibe of an ELF descriptor and call it a day? iconic. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <libelf.h>

Elf *elf_clone (int filedes, Elf_Cmd cmd);

okay so first you gotta pull in the header, obviously:

#include <libelf.h>

and then the function itself, fr fr:

Elf *elf_clone (int filedes, Elf_Cmd cmd);

two things going in — an int filedes and an Elf_Cmd cmd — and one Elf * coming back out at you. it's giving "give me the ingredients, I'll hand you the dish." 🍓

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the thing, bestie. the elf_clone() …

and that's it. that's the sentence. the page just ends mid-thought, like a text you sent at 2am and never finished. 😭

the DESCRIPTION section here literally says The elf_clone() and then nothing else follows. no follow-up paragraph, no list of what filedes means, no breakdown of what cmd does, no note about the return value, no errors, no warnings. nothing. just vibes and a trailing open parenthesis energy.

💀 do not come for me — I'm not gonna make stuff up. whatever elf_clone() actually does beyond "Create a clone of an existing ELF descriptor" is not written on this page, and I'm not about to invent lore that isn't in the source material. that's a whole different genre of problem.

what we do know, and what you should hold onto like your iced coffee on a hot day:

• the function is called elf_clone
• it creates a clone of an existing ELF descriptor
• it lives in <libelf.h>
• it takes an int filedes and an Elf_Cmd cmd
• it returns an Elf *

and honestly? that's the full tea. 🫖 anything else is fanfiction and I refuse to write it into a manpage. 🧚

🌈 sign-off 🌈

this little page came from the Libelf manual, dated 2017-09-05 — yes, 2017, the manpage is a vintage and we respect our elders 💜 it's serving ELF_CLONE(3) in the Libelf Programmer's Manual, and it's short, but it's ours.

stay cloned, stay iconic, and if the DESCRIPTION ever gets finished, bestie, we will be so ready. ✨👑