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.
46 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
47 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
54 boolean bfd_check_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
57 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
58 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
59 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
61 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
62 call, only the named target and format combination is
63 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
64 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
65 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
66 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
67 the file, or an error results.
69 The function returns <<true>> on success, otherwise <<false>>
70 with one of the following error codes:
72 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
73 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
76 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
77 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
78 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
80 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
81 none of the backends recognised the file format.
83 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
84 more than one backend recognised the file format.
88 bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
92 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
97 bfd_check_format_matches
100 boolean bfd_check_format_matches(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
103 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns false with
104 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
105 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
106 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
107 allocated with <<malloc>>.
108 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
110 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
115 bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
120 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
121 const bfd_target * const *target, *save_targ, *right_targ;
122 char **matching_vector = NULL;
125 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
126 ((int)(abfd->format) < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
127 ((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;
136 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
137 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
138 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
144 (char **) bfd_malloc (sizeof (char *) *
145 (_bfd_target_vector_entries + 1));
146 if (!matching_vector)
148 matching_vector[0] = NULL;
149 *matching = matching_vector;
154 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
155 abfd->format = format;
157 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
158 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
160 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
163 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
167 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
170 free (matching_vector);
172 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
175 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
176 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
177 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
178 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
179 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
180 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
181 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
182 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
183 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
184 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
185 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
187 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
189 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
190 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
193 free (matching_vector);
195 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
201 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
203 const bfd_target *temp;
205 if (*target == &binary_vec)
208 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily */
210 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
213 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
214 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
215 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
216 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
217 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
219 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
222 { /* This format checks out as ok! */
227 matching_vector[match_count] = temp->name;
228 matching_vector[match_count + 1] = NULL;
233 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
234 targets might match. People who want those other targets
235 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
236 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
240 matching_vector[0] = temp->name;
241 matching_vector[1] = NULL;
247 /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it
248 doesn't matter: there is no difference in their headers, and
249 member file byte orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately
250 by bfd. Ditto for big and little coff archives. And the 4
251 coff/b.out object formats are unambiguous. So accept the
252 first match we find. */
256 else if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_format)
258 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
259 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
261 if (matching && bfd_get_error ()
262 != bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
263 free (matching_vector);
269 if (match_count == 1)
271 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
274 free (matching_vector);
276 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
279 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
280 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
282 if (match_count == 0)
284 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
287 free (matching_vector);
290 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
300 boolean bfd_set_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
303 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
304 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
305 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
306 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
310 bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
314 if (bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
315 ((int)abfd->format < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
316 ((int)abfd->format >= (int)bfd_type_end))
318 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
322 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
323 return (abfd->format == format) ? true : false;
325 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
326 abfd->format = format;
328 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
330 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
342 CONST char *bfd_format_string(bfd_format format);
345 Return a pointer to a const string
346 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
347 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
351 bfd_format_string (format)
354 if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
355 || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
361 return "object"; /* Linker/assember/compiler output. */
363 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
365 return "core"; /* Core dump. */