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29.Dd April 25, 2023
30.Dt PRINTF 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm printf ,
34.Nm uprintf ,
35.Nm tprintf ,
36.Nm log
37.Nd formatted output conversion
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/types.h
40.In sys/systm.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn printf "const char *fmt" ...
43.Ft void
44.Fn tprintf "struct proc *p" "int pri" "const char *fmt" ...
45.Ft int
46.Fn uprintf "const char *fmt" ...
47.Ft int
48.Fn vprintf "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
49.In sys/syslog.h
50.Ft void
51.Fn log "int pri" "const char *fmt" ...
52.Ft void
53.Fn vlog "int pri" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57family of functions are similar to the
58.Xr printf 3
59family of functions.
60The different functions each use a different output stream.
61The
62.Fn uprintf
63function outputs to the current process' controlling tty, while
64.Fn printf
65writes to the console as well as to the logging facility.
66The
67.Fn tprintf
68function outputs to the tty associated with the process
69.Fa p
70and the logging facility if
71.Fa pri
72is not \-1.
73The
74.Fn log
75function sends the message to the kernel logging facility, using
76the log level as indicated by
77.Fa pri ,
78and to the console if no process is yet reading the log.
79.Pp
80Each of these related functions use the
81.Fa fmt
82parameter in the same manner as
83.Xr printf 3 .
84However,
85.Nm
86adds two other conversion specifiers and omits one.
87.Pp
88The
89.Cm \&%b
90identifier expects two arguments: an
91.Vt int
92and a
93.Vt "char *" .
94These are used as a register value and a print mask for decoding bitmasks.
95The print mask is made up of two parts: the base and the
96arguments.
97The base value is the output base (radix) expressed as an octal value;
98for example, \e10 gives octal and \e20 gives hexadecimal.
99The arguments are made up of a sequence of bit identifiers.
100Each bit identifier begins with an
101.Em octal
102value which is the number of the bit (starting from 1) this identifier
103describes.
104The rest of the identifier is a string of characters containing the name of
105the bit.
106The string is terminated by either the bit number at the start of the next
107bit identifier or
108.Dv NUL
109for the last bit identifier.
110.Pp
111The
112.Cm \&%D
113identifier is meant to assist in hexdumps.
114It requires two arguments: a
115.Vt "u_char *"
116pointer and a
117.Vt "char *"
118string.
119The memory pointed to by the pointer is output in hexadecimal one byte at
120a time.
121The string is used as a delimiter between individual bytes.
122If present, a width directive will specify the number of bytes to display.
123By default, 16 bytes of data are output.
124.Pp
125The
126.Cm \&%n
127conversion specifier is not supported.
128.Pp
129The
130.Fn log
131function uses
132.Xr syslog 3
133level values
134.Dv LOG_DEBUG
135through
136.Dv LOG_EMERG
137for its
138.Fa pri
139parameter (mistakenly called
140.Sq priority
141here).
142Alternatively, if a
143.Fa pri
144of \-1 is given, the message will be appended to the last log message
145started by a previous call to
146.Fn log .
147As these messages are generated by the kernel itself, the facility will
148always be
149.Dv LOG_KERN .
150.Sh RETURN VALUES
151The
152.Fn printf
153and the
154.Fn uprintf
155functions return the number of characters displayed.
156.Sh EXAMPLES
157This example demonstrates the use of the
158.Cm \&%b
159and
160.Cm \&%D
161conversion specifiers.
162The function
163.Bd -literal -offset indent
164void
165printf_test(void)
166{
167
168	printf("reg=%b\en", 3, "\e10\e2BITTWO\e1BITONE");
169	printf("out: %4D\en", "AAZZ", ":");
170}
171.Ed
172.Pp
173will produce the following output:
174.Bd -literal -offset indent
175reg=3<BITTWO,BITONE>
176out: 41:41:5a:5a
177.Ed
178.Pp
179The call
180.Bd -literal -offset indent
181log(LOG_DEBUG, "%s%d: been there.\en", sc->sc_name, sc->sc_unit);
182.Ed
183.Pp
184will add the appropriate debug message at priority
185.Dq Li kern.debug
186to the system log.
187.Sh SEE ALSO
188.Xr printf 3 ,
189.Xr syslog 3
190