1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
25 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
26 formats supported by BFD are:
30 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
34 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
38 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
47 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
48 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
55 boolean bfd_check_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
58 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
59 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
60 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
62 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63 call, only the named target and format combination is
64 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
67 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
68 the file, or an error results.
70 The function returns <<true>> on success, otherwise <<false>>
71 with one of the following error codes:
73 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
74 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
77 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
78 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
79 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
81 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
82 none of the backends recognised the file format.
84 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
85 more than one backend recognised the file format.
89 bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
93 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
98 bfd_check_format_matches
101 boolean bfd_check_format_matches(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
104 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns false with
105 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
106 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
107 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
108 allocated with <<malloc>>.
109 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
111 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
116 bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
121 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
122 const bfd_target * const *target, *save_targ, *right_targ;
123 char **matching_vector = NULL;
126 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
127 ((int)(abfd->format) < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
128 ((int)(abfd->format) >= (int)bfd_type_end)) {
129 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
133 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
134 return (abfd->format == format)? true: false;
137 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
138 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
140 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
145 (char **) bfd_malloc (sizeof (char *) *
146 (_bfd_target_vector_entries + 1));
147 if (!matching_vector)
149 matching_vector[0] = NULL;
150 *matching = matching_vector;
155 /* presume the answer is yes */
156 abfd->format = format;
158 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
160 if (!abfd->target_defaulted) {
161 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
163 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
165 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned */
167 free (matching_vector);
168 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW */
171 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
172 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
173 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
174 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
175 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
176 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
177 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
178 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
179 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
180 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
181 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
184 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
186 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
187 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
189 free (matching_vector);
190 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
195 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++) {
196 const bfd_target *temp;
198 if (*target == &binary_vec)
201 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily */
202 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
204 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume bfd_error_wrong_format.
205 We didn't used to even pay any attention to bfd_error, so I suspect
206 that some _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
207 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
208 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
209 if (temp) { /* This format checks out as ok! */
213 matching_vector[match_count] = temp->name;
214 matching_vector[match_count + 1] = NULL;
217 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other targets
218 might match. People who want those other targets have to set
219 the GNUTARGET variable. */
220 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
224 matching_vector[0] = temp->name;
225 matching_vector[1] = NULL;
231 /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it doesn't
232 * matter: there is no difference in their headers, and member file byte
233 * orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately by bfd. Ditto for big
234 * and little coff archives. And the 4 coff/b.out object formats are
235 * unambiguous. So accept the first match we find.
239 } else if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_format) {
240 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
241 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
242 if (matching && bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
243 free (matching_vector);
248 if (match_count == 1) {
249 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently */
251 free (matching_vector);
252 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW */
255 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type */
256 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format */
257 if (match_count == 0)
259 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
261 free (matching_vector);
264 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
273 boolean bfd_set_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
276 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
277 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
278 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
279 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
284 bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
289 if (bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
290 ((int)abfd->format < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
291 ((int)abfd->format >= (int)bfd_type_end)) {
292 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
296 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
297 return (abfd->format == format) ? true:false;
299 /* presume the answer is yes */
300 abfd->format = format;
302 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd))) {
303 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
316 CONST char *bfd_format_string(bfd_format format);
319 Return a pointer to a const string
320 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
321 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
325 bfd_format_string (format)
328 if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
329 || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
334 return "object"; /* linker/assember/compiler output */
336 return "archive"; /* object archive file */
338 return "core"; /* core dump */