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28.Dd January 14, 2018
29.Dt SYSDECODE 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm sysdecode
33.Nd system argument decoding library
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libsysdecode
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/types.h
38.In stdbool.h
39.In sysdecode.h
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
44values associated with system calls.
45.Ss Supported ABIs
46Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
47The supported ABIs are named by the
48.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
49enumeration.
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64" -compact
52.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
53Native FreeBSD binaries.
54Supported on all platforms.
55.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
5632-bit FreeBSD binaries.
57Supported on amd64 and powerpc64.
58.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
59Linux binaries of the same platform.
60Supported on amd64 and i386.
61.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
6232-bit Linux binaries.
63Supported on amd64.
64.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI32
6532-bit CloudABI binaries.
66Supported on all platforms.
67.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64
6864-bit CloudABI binaries.
69Supported on all platforms.
70.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_UNKNOWN
71A placeholder for use when the ABI is not known.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr sysdecode_abi_to_freebsd_errno 3 ,
75.Xr sysdecode_cap_rights 3 ,
76.Xr sysdecode_cmsg_type 3 ,
77.Xr sysdecode_enum 3 ,
78.Xr sysdecode_fcntl_arg 3 ,
79.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
80.Xr sysdecode_kevent 3 ,
81.Xr sysdecode_mask 3 ,
82.Xr sysdecode_quotactl_cmd 3 ,
83.Xr sysdecode_sctp_sinfo_flags 3 ,
84.Xr sysdecode_sigcode 3 ,
85.Xr sysdecode_socket_protocol 3 ,
86.Xr sysdecode_sockopt_name 3 ,
87.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
88.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92library first appeared in
93.Fx 11.0 .
94