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2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd May 23, 2009
2986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt GETOBJFORMAT 3
3086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os
3186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
3286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm getobjformat
3386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd get preferred object file format
3486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh LIBRARY
3586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Lb libc
3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
3786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.In objformat.h
3886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ft int
3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn getobjformat "char *buf" "size_t bufsize" "int *argcp __unused" "char **argv __unused"
4086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
4186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
4286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn getobjformat
4386d7f5d3SJohn Marinofunction copies the name of the preferred object file format
4486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dq ( elf )
4586d7f5d3SJohn Marinointo a buffer provided by the caller.
4686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe function is currently provided only for backward compatibility.
4786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
4886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va buf
4986d7f5d3SJohn Marinopoints to a user-supplied buffer into which the name of the object
5086d7f5d3SJohn Marinofile format is copied.
5186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va bufsize
5286d7f5d3SJohn Marinogives the size of the buffer in bytes.
5386d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe string placed in
5486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va buf
5586d7f5d3SJohn Marinois always null-terminated.
5686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIt is an error if the buffer is too small to hold the null-terminated name.
5786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
5886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va argv
5986d7f5d3SJohn Marinoand
6086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Va argcp
6186d7f5d3SJohn Marinoare unused and new applications should set them to
6286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dv NULL .
6386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh RETURN VALUES
6486d7f5d3SJohn MarinoOn success,
6586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn getobjformat
6686d7f5d3SJohn Marinoreturns the length of the object file format name, not counting the
6786d7f5d3SJohn Marinonull terminator.
6886d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIf the supplied buffer is too small to hold the object file format
6986d7f5d3SJohn Marinoand its null terminator,
7086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn getobjformat
7186d7f5d3SJohn Marinoreturns -1.
7286d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIn that case, the contents of the buffer and argument
7386d7f5d3SJohn Marinovector supplied by the caller are indeterminate.
7486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
7586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr objformat 1
7686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY
7786d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
7886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fn getobjformat
7986d7f5d3SJohn Marinofunction first appeared in
8086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fx 3.0 .
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