Executable and Linking Format (libelf) interface

The libelf implementations on SCO OpenServer and UnixWare are nearly identical, with the following exceptions:

• UnixWare provides an additional flag, ELF_C_IMPURE_WRITE, that can be passed to elf_begin(3elf). Portable applications and applications targeted for SCO OpenServer should not use this flag, as it is not supported on SCO OpenServer.

• The nlist function is declared in libelf on UnixWare and libc on SCO OpenServer. The Binary Compatibility Module for SCO OpenServer takes care of this for applications written using the UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit and run on SCO OpenServer. For SCO OpenServer applications run on UnixWare 7, the UnixWare kernel uses the SCO OpenServer libc.

The UnixWare 7 libelf interface is documented on the Section 3elf manual pages.