NAME
getobjformat —
get preferred object file
format
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<objformat.h>
int
getobjformat(char
*buf, size_t
bufsize, int *argcp
__unused, char **argv
__unused);
DESCRIPTION
Thegetobjformat()
function copies the name of the preferred object file format
(“elf”) into a buffer provided by the caller. The function is
currently provided only for backward compatibility.
buf points to a user-supplied buffer into which the name of the object file format is copied. bufsize gives the size of the buffer in bytes. The string placed in buf is always null-terminated. It is an error if the buffer is too small to hold the null-terminated name.
argv and argcp are
unused and new applications should set them to
NULL.
RETURN VALUES
On success, getobjformat() returns the
length of the object file format name, not counting the null terminator. If
the supplied buffer is too small to hold the object file format and its null
terminator, getobjformat() returns -1. In that case,
the contents of the buffer and argument vector supplied by the caller are
indeterminate.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The getobjformat() function first appeared
in FreeBSD 3.0.