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28.Dd January 29, 2016
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 DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
40values associated with system calls.
41.Ss Supported ABIs
42Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
43The supported ABIs are named by the
44.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
45enumeration.
46.Pp
47.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64" -compact
48.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
49Native FreeBSD binaries.
50Supported on all platforms.
51.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
5232-bit FreeBSD binaries.
53Supported on amd64 and powerpc64.
54.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
55Linux binaries of the same platform.
56Supported on amd64 and i386.
57.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
5832-bit Linux binaries.
59Supported on amd64.
60.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64
6164-bit CloudABI binaries.
62Supported on aarch64 and amd64.
63.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_UNKNOWN
64A placeholder for use when the ABI is not known.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr sysdecode_abi_to_freebsd_errno 3 ,
68.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
69.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
70.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Nm
74library first appeared in
75.Fx 11.0 .
76