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