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elf_fill(3E)							  elf_fill(3E)

NAME
       elf_fill - set fill byte

SYNOPSIS
       [flag... ] file...  [library] ...

DESCRIPTION
       Alignment  constraints  for ELF files sometimes require the presence of
       ``holes.''  For example, if the data for one section  are  required  to
       begin  on  an  eight-byte  boundary,  but  the preceding section is too
       ``short,'' the library must fill the intervening	 bytes.	  These	 bytes
       are  set to the fill character.	The library uses zero bytes unless the
       application supplies a value.  See elf_getdata(3E) for more information
       about these holes.

   Note
       An  application	can  assume control of the object file organization by
       setting the bit (see elf_flag(3E)).  When this  is  done,  the  library
       does not fill holes.

SEE ALSO
       elf(3E), elf_getdata(3E), elf_flag(3E), elf_update(3E).

								  elf_fill(3E)

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