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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PROG_GET_AUXV 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm proc_get_auxv
19.Nd get process auxiliary vector
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo proc_get_auxv
25.Fa "pid_t proc"
26.Fa "auxv_t *pauxv"
27.Fa "int naux"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn proc_get_auxv
32function is a convenient way to read the /proc auxv file for the process
33.Fa proc .
34Up to
35.Fa naux
36vectors will be read and written into
37.Fa pauxv .
38.Sh RETURN VALUES
39Upon successful completion, the
40.Fn proc_get_auxv
41function returns the number of auxiliary vectors read into
42.Fa pauxv.
43Otherwise,
44.Sy -1
45is returned to indicate an error occurred.
46.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
47.Sy Uncommitted
48.Sh MT-LEVEL
49.Sy MT-Safe
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
52.Xr proc 4
53