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37.Dd May 11, 2007
38.Dt PROP_SEND_IOCTL 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm prop_array_send_ioctl ,
42.Nm prop_array_recv_ioctl ,
43.Nm prop_dictionary_send_ioctl ,
44.Nm prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl ,
45.Nm prop_dictionary_sendrecv_ioctl
46.Nd Send and receive propertly lists to and from the kernel using ioctl
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In prop/proplib.h
49.Ft int
50.Fn prop_array_send_ioctl "prop_array_t array" "int fd" "unsigned long cmd"
51.Ft int
52.Fn prop_array_recv_ioctl "int fd" "unsigned long cmd" "prop_array_t *arrayp"
53.Ft int
54.Fn prop_dictionary_send_ioctl "prop_dictionary_t dict" "int fd" \
55    "unsigned long cmd"
56.Ft int
57.Fn prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl "int fd" "unsigned long cmd" \
58    "prop_dictionary_t *dictp"
59.Fn prop_dictionary_sendrecv_ioctl "prop_dictionary_t dict" "int fd" \
60    "unsigned long cmd" "prop_dictionary_t *dictp"
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm prop_array_send_ioctl ,
64.Nm prop_array_recv_ioctl ,
65.Nm prop_dictionary_send_ioctl ,
66.Nm prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl ,
67and
68.Nm prop_dictionary_sendrecv_ioctl
69functions implement the user space side of a protocol for sending property
70lists to and from the kernel using
71.Xr ioctl 2 .
72.Pp
73The following
74.Pq simplified
75example demonstrates using
76.Fn prop_dictionary_send_ioctl
77and
78.Fn prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl
79in an application:
80.Bd -literal
81void
82foo_setprops(prop_dictionary_t dict)
83{
84    int fd;
85
86    fd = open("/dev/foo", O_RDWR, 0640);
87    if (fd == -1)
88        return;
89
90    (void) prop_dictionary_send_ioctl(dict, fd, FOOSETPROPS);
91
92    (void) close(fd);
93}
94
95prop_dictionary_t
96foo_getprops(void)
97{
98    prop_dictionary_t dict;
99    int fd;
100
101    fd = open("/dev/foo", O_RDONLY, 0640);
102    if (fd == -1)
103	return (NULL);
104
105    if (prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl(fd, FOOGETPROPS, \*[Am]dict) != 0)
106        return (NULL);
107
108    (void) close(fd);
109
110    return (dict);
111}
112.Ed
113.Pp
114The
115.Nm prop_dictionary_sendrecv_ioctl
116function combines the send and receive functionality, allowing for
117ioctls that require two-way communication
118.Pq for example to specify arguments for the ioctl operation .
119.Sh SEE ALSO
120.Xr prop_array 3 ,
121.Xr prop_dictionary 3 ,
122.Xr proplib 3 ,
123.Xr prop_copyin_ioctl 9
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Nm proplib
127property container object library first appeared in
128.Nx 4.0 .
129