Clears the section list, and also resets the section count and hash table entries.

Return the most recently created section attached to abfd named name. Return NULL if no such section exists.

Given sec is a section returned by bfd_get_section_by_name, return the next most recently created section attached to the same BFD with the same name, or if no such section exists in the same BFD and IBFD is non-NULL, the next section with the same name in any input BFD following IBFD. Return NULL on finding no section.

Return the linker created section attached to abfd named name. Return NULL if no such section exists.

Call the provided function func for each section attached to the BFD abfd whose name matches name, passing obj as an argument. The function will be called as if by

       func (abfd, the_section, obj);

It returns the first section for which func returns true, otherwise NULL.

Invent a section name that is unique in abfd by tacking a dot and a digit suffix onto the original templat. If count is non-NULL, then it specifies the first number tried as a suffix to generate a unique name. The value pointed to by count will be incremented in this case.

Create a new empty section called name and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the BFD abfd. An attempt to create a section with a name which is already in use returns its pointer without changing the section chain.

It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be before it was rewritten....

Possible errors are:

• bfd_error_invalid_operation - If output has already started for this BFD.
• bfd_error_no_memory - If memory allocation fails.

Create a new empty section called name and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for abfd. Create a new section even if there is already a section with that name. Also set the attributes of the new section to the value flags.

Return NULL and set bfd_error on error; possible errors are:

• bfd_error_invalid_operation - If output has already started for abfd.
• bfd_error_no_memory - If memory allocation fails.

Create a new empty section called name and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for abfd. Create a new section even if there is already a section with that name.

Return NULL and set bfd_error on error; possible errors are:

• bfd_error_invalid_operation - If output has already started for abfd.
• bfd_error_no_memory - If memory allocation fails.

Like bfd_make_section_anyway, but return NULL (without calling bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a section named name. Also set the attributes of the new section to the value flags. If there is an error, return NULL and set bfd_error.

Like bfd_make_section_anyway, but return NULL (without calling bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a section named name. If there is an error, return NULL and set bfd_error.

Set the attributes of the section sec to the value flags. Return TRUE on success, FALSE on error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_invalid_operation - The section cannot have one or more of the attributes requested. For example, a .bss section in a.out may not have the SEC_HAS_CONTENTS field set.

Rename section sec to newname.

Call the provided function func for each section attached to the BFD abfd, passing obj as an argument. The function will be called as if by

       func (abfd, the_section, obj);

This is the preferred method for iterating over sections; an alternative would be to use a loop:

          asection *p;
          for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
             func (abfd, p, ...)

Call the provided function operation for each section attached to the BFD abfd, passing obj as an argument. The function will be called as if by

       operation (abfd, the_section, obj);

It returns the first section for which operation returns true.

Set sec to the size val. If the operation is ok, then TRUE is returned, else FALSE.

Possible error returns:

• bfd_error_invalid_operation - Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.

Sets the contents of the section section in BFD abfd to the data starting in memory at location. The data is written to the output section starting at offset offset for count octets.

Normally TRUE is returned, but FALSE is returned if there was an error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_no_contents - The output section does not have the SEC_HAS_CONTENTS attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
• bfd_error_bad_value - The section is unable to contain all of the data.
• bfd_error_invalid_operation - The BFD is not writeable.
• and some more too.

This routine is front end to the back end function _bfd_set_section_contents.

Read data from section in BFD abfd into memory starting at location. The data is read at an offset of offset from the start of the input section, and is read for count bytes.

If the contents of a constructor with the SEC_CONSTRUCTOR flag set are requested or if the section does not have the SEC_HAS_CONTENTS flag set, then the location is filled with zeroes. If no errors occur, TRUE is returned, else FALSE.

Read all data from section in BFD abfd into a buffer, *buf, malloc’d by this function. Return true on success, false on failure in which case *buf will be NULL.

Copy private section information from isec in the BFD ibfd to the section osec in the BFD obfd. Return TRUE on success, FALSE on error. Possible error returns are:

• bfd_error_no_memory - Not enough memory exists to create private data for osec.

#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
       BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
                 (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))

Returns TRUE if sec is a member of a group.

Returns group name if sec is a member of a group.

Remove all members of group from the output.

Returns true if the given section has a size that indicates it cannot be read from file. Return false if the size is OK or* this function can’t say one way or the other.