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41.Dd June 4, 1993
42.Dt KVM_NLIST 3
43.Os
44.Sh NAME
45.Nm kvm_nlist
46.Nd retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.Fd #include <kvm.h>
49.Fd #include <nlist.h>
50.Ft int
51.Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53.Fn kvm_nlist
54retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
55.Fa \&nl .
56This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by
57an entry whose
58.Fa n_name
59field is
60.Dv NULL
61(see
62.Xr nlist 3 ) .
63Each symbol is looked up using the
64.Fa n_name
65field, and if found, the
66corresponding
67.Fa n_type
68and
69.Fa n_value
70fields are filled in.
71These fields are set
72to 0 if the symbol is not found.
73.Pp
74The program
75.Xr kvm_mkdb 8
76builds a database from the running kernel's namelist.
77If the database matches the opened kernel,
78.Fn kvm_nlist
79uses it to speed lookups.
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81The
82.Fn kvm_nlist
83function returns the number of invalid entries found.
84If the kernel symbol table was unreadable, \-1 is returned.
85.Sh FILES
86.Bl -tag -width /var/db/kvm_bsd.db -compact
87.It Pa /var/db/kvm_bsd.db
88.El
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr kvm 3 ,
91.Xr kvm_close 3 ,
92.Xr kvm_getargv 3 ,
93.Xr kvm_getenvv 3 ,
94.Xr kvm_geterr 3 ,
95.Xr kvm_getprocs 3 ,
96.Xr kvm_open 3 ,
97.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 ,
98.Xr kvm_read 3 ,
99.Xr kvm_write 3 ,
100.Xr kvm_mkdb 8
101