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28.Dd May 27, 2015
29.Dt KINFO_GETFILE 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm kinfo_getfile
33.Nd function for getting per-process file descriptor information
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libutil
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/types.h
38.In sys/user.h
39.In libutil.h
40.Ft struct kinfo_file *
41.Fn kinfo_getfile "pid_t pid" "int *cntp"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This function is used for obtaining the file descriptor information
44of a particular process.
45.Pp
46The
47.Ar pid
48field contains the process identifier.
49This should be the a process that you have privilege to access.
50The
51.Ar cntp
52field allows the caller to know how many records are returned.
53.Pp
54This function is a wrapper around
55.Xr sysctl 3
56with the
57.Dv KERN_PROC_FILEDESC
58mib.
59While the kernel returns a packed structure, this function expands the
60data into a fixed record format.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62On success the
63.Fn kinfo_getfile
64function returns a pointer to an array of
65.Vt struct kinfo_file
66structures as defined by
67.In sys/user.h .
68The array was obtained by an internal call to
69.Xr malloc 3
70and must be freed by the caller with a call to
71.Xr free 3 .
72On failure the
73.Fn kinfo_getfile
74function returns
75.Dv NULL .
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr free 3 ,
78.Xr kinfo_getvmmap 3 ,
79.Xr malloc 3 ,
80.Xr sysctl 3
81