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-rw-r--r--pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
index 7d25472993c5..8081b69bffd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,17 @@ installBin() {
 }
 
 
+# Return success if the specified file is an ELF object.
+isELF() {
+    local fn="$1"
+    local magic
+    exec {fd}< "$fn"
+    read -n 4 -u $fd magic
+    exec {fd}<&-
+    if [[ "$magic" =~ ELF ]]; then return 0; else return 1; fi
+}
+
+
 ######################################################################
 # Initialisation.