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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PGETAUXVAL 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pgetauxval
19.Nd obtain auxiliary vector value
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo Pgetauxval
25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
26.Fa "int type"
27.Fc
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The
30.Fn Pgetauxval
31function looks up the entry
32.Fa type
33in the auxiliary vector of the process handle
34.Fa P
35and returns its value. The
36.Fa type
37argument should be the entry of the auxiliary vector. The list of such
38types may be found in
39.In sys/auxv.h .
40.Sh RETURN VALUES
41Upon successful completion, the
42.Fn Pgetauxval
43function returns the value of the auxiliary vector entry
44.Fa type .
45Otherwise,
46.Sy -1
47is returned to indicate that either the auxiliary vector or the
48.Fa type
49entry could not be found.
50.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
51.Sy Uncommitted
52.Sh MT-LEVEL
53See
54.Sy LOCKING
55in
56.Xr libproc 3LIB .
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
59.Xr Pgetauxvec 3PROC ,
60.Xr proc 4
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