Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <ame...@redhat.com>
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doc/Makefile.am | 1 +
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diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
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--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ notrans_dist_man3_MANS= elf32_checksum.3 \
elf_hash.3 \
elf_kind.3 \
elf_ndxscn.3 \
+ elf_next.3 \
elf_update.3 \
elf_version.3 \
libelf.3
diff --git a/doc/elf_next.3 b/doc/elf_next.3
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+.TH ELF_NEXT 3 2025-06-06 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"
+
+.SH NAME
+elf_next \- advance an Elf descriptor to the next archive member
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <libelf.h>
+
+.BI "Elf_Cmd elf_next(Elf *" elf ");"
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Advance an ELF descriptor associated with an archive file to the next available
+archive member.
+
+.P
+If
+.I elf
+was initialized from an archive file,
+.B elf_next()
+updates
+.I elf
+to refer to the next ELF object in the archive. If
+.I elf
+was not initialized from an archive file, then this function makes no changes
to
+.I elf.
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+If
+.I elf
+refers to an archive and another member is available, update the state of
+.I elf
+is updated so that it refers to the next archive member and return the
+.B Elf_Cmd
+that was used with
+.B elf_begin
+to initialize
+.IR elf .
+
+.P
+If
+.I elf
+was not initialized from an archive file or there are no more archive members,
+.B elf_next()
+returns
+.B ELF_C_NULL.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR elf_begin (3),
+.BR libelf (3),
+.BR elf (5)
+
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR elf_next ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
+Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.
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