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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 sysdecode.h
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
41values associated with system calls.
42.Ss Supported ABIs
43Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
44The supported ABIs are named by the
45.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
46enumeration.
47.Pp
48.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32" -compact
49.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
50Native FreeBSD binaries.
51Supported on all platforms.
52.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
5332-bit FreeBSD binaries.
54Supported on aarch64, amd64 and powerpc64.
55.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
56Linux binaries of the same platform.
57Supported on amd64, i386, and aarch64.
58.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
5932-bit Linux binaries.
60Supported on amd64.
61.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_UNKNOWN
62A placeholder for use when the ABI is not known.
63.El
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr sysdecode_abi_to_freebsd_errno 3 ,
66.Xr sysdecode_cap_rights 3 ,
67.Xr sysdecode_cmsg_type 3 ,
68.Xr sysdecode_enum 3 ,
69.Xr sysdecode_fcntl_arg 3 ,
70.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
71.Xr sysdecode_kevent 3 ,
72.Xr sysdecode_mask 3 ,
73.Xr sysdecode_quotactl_cmd 3 ,
74.Xr sysdecode_sctp_sinfo_flags 3 ,
75.Xr sysdecode_sigcode 3 ,
76.Xr sysdecode_socket_protocol 3 ,
77.Xr sysdecode_sockopt_name 3 ,
78.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
79.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83library first appeared in
84.Fx 11.0 .
85