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.Dd January 29, 2016
.Dt SYSDECODE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sysdecode
.Nd system argument decoding library
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libsysdecode
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
library includes several functions that provide descriptive names of
values associated with system calls.
.Ss Supported ABIs
Some functions in this library provide ABI-specific descriptions.
The supported ABIs are named by the
.Vt enum sysdecode_abi
enumeration.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64" -compact
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD
Native FreeBSD binaries.
Supported on all platforms.
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_FREEBSD32
32-bit FreeBSD binaries.
Supported on amd64 and powerpc64.
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX
Linux binaries of the same platform.
Supported on amd64 and i386.
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_LINUX32
32-bit Linux binaries.
Supported on amd64.
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_CLOUDABI64
64-bit CloudABI binaries.
Supported on aarch64 and amd64.
.It Li SYSDECODE_ABI_UNKNOWN
A placeholder for use when the ABI is not known.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysdecode_abi_to_freebsd_errno 3 ,
.Xr sysdecode_ioctlname 3 ,
.Xr sysdecode_syscallnames 3 ,
.Xr sysdecode_utrace 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
library first appeared in
.Fx 11.0 .