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27.Dd September 22, 2021
28.Dt SYSDECODE 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm sysdecode
32.Nd system argument decoding library
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libsysdecode
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In stdbool.h
38.In sysdecode.h
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
43values associated with system calls.
44.Ss Supported ABIs
45Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
46The supported ABIs are named by the
47.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
48enumeration.
49.Pp
50.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32" -compact
51.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
52Native FreeBSD binaries.
53Supported on all platforms.
54.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
5532-bit FreeBSD binaries.
56Supported on amd64 and powerpc64.
57.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
58Linux binaries of the same platform.
59Supported on amd64, i386, and arm64.
60.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
6132-bit Linux binaries.
62Supported on 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_cap_rights 3 ,
69.Xr sysdecode_cmsg_type 3 ,
70.Xr sysdecode_enum 3 ,
71.Xr sysdecode_fcntl_arg 3 ,
72.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
73.Xr sysdecode_kevent 3 ,
74.Xr sysdecode_mask 3 ,
75.Xr sysdecode_quotactl_cmd 3 ,
76.Xr sysdecode_sctp_sinfo_flags 3 ,
77.Xr sysdecode_sigcode 3 ,
78.Xr sysdecode_socket_protocol 3 ,
79.Xr sysdecode_sockopt_name 3 ,
80.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
81.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85library first appeared in
86.Fx 11.0 .
87