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25.Dd September 22, 2021
26.Dt SYSDECODE 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm sysdecode
30.Nd system argument decoding library
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libsysdecode
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sysdecode.h
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
39values associated with system calls.
40.Ss Supported ABIs
41Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
42The supported ABIs are named by the
43.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
44enumeration.
45.Pp
46.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32" -compact
47.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
48Native FreeBSD binaries.
49Supported on all platforms.
50.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
5132-bit FreeBSD binaries.
52Supported on aarch64, amd64 and powerpc64.
53.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
54Linux binaries of the same platform.
55Supported on amd64, i386, and aarch64.
56.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
5732-bit Linux binaries.
58Supported on amd64.
59.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_UNKNOWN
60A placeholder for use when the ABI is not known.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr sysdecode_abi_to_freebsd_errno 3 ,
64.Xr sysdecode_cap_rights 3 ,
65.Xr sysdecode_cmsg_type 3 ,
66.Xr sysdecode_enum 3 ,
67.Xr sysdecode_fcntl_arg 3 ,
68.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
69.Xr sysdecode_kevent 3 ,
70.Xr sysdecode_mask 3 ,
71.Xr sysdecode_quotactl_cmd 3 ,
72.Xr sysdecode_sctp_sinfo_flags 3 ,
73.Xr sysdecode_sigcode 3 ,
74.Xr sysdecode_socket_protocol 3 ,
75.Xr sysdecode_sockopt_name 3 ,
76.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
77.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81library first appeared in
82.Fx 11.0 .
83