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14.Dd January 29, 2020
15.Dt PROC_GET_FDINFO 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm proc_get_fdinfo ,
19.Nm proc_fdinfo_free
20.Nd get process file descriptor information
21.Sh LIBRARY
22.Lb libproc
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.In libproc.h
25.Ft prfdinfo_t *
26.Fo proc_get_fdinfo
27.Fa "pid_t pid"
28.Fa "int fd"
29.Fc
30.Ft "void"
31.Fo proc_fdinfo_free
32.Fa "prfdinfo_t *info"
33.Fc
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Fn proc_get_fdinfo
37function is a convenient way to read the
38.Pa /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd
39file for the process
40.Fa pid
41and file descriptor
42.Fa fd .
43On success, the return value of the function is a pointer to a properly
44terminated
45.Sy prfdinfo_t
46structure.
47.Pp
48The definition of the
49.Vt prfdinfo_t
50structure may be found in
51.Xr proc 4 .
52.Pp
53The caller must free the returned memory by calling the
54.Fn proc_fdinfo_free
55function.
56.Pp
57The
58.Fn proc_fdinfo_free
59frees all memory associated with the
60.Vt prfdinfo_t
61structure passed as
62.Fa info .
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64Upon successful completion, the
65.Fn proc_get_fdinfo
66function returns a pointer to an allocated
67.Vt prfdinfo_t
68structure.
69Otherwise,
70.Dv NULL
71is returned to indicate an error occurred and
72.Vt errno
73is set to indicate the error.
74.Sh ERRORS
75In addition to the errors listed below, the
76.Fn proc_get_fdinfo
77function may fail for the same reasons as the
78.Xr fstat 2 ,
79.Xr lseek 2 ,
80.Xr malloc 3C ,
81.Xr open 2 ,
82and
83.Xr read 2
84functions.
85The
86.Fn proc_get_fdinfo
87function will fail if:
88.Bl -tag -width Er
89.It Er EIO
90The data read from the file under
91.Pa /proc
92is not properly terminated.
93.El
94.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
95.Sy Uncommitted
96.Sh MT-LEVEL
97.Sy MT-Safe
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
100.Xr proc 4
101