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author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-01-25 22:25:59 +0000 |
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committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-01-25 22:25:59 +0000 |
commit | 2718f9e8cb351ecd14ef22ff1f70960ff5ce042c (patch) | |
tree | ad8f13d068e1db51b072385d0df8e891689fe6d9 /lib/libc/gen/getobjformat.3 | |
parent | 0688eeab06a18f47fdf8fea2e00d6692b733847e (diff) | |
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Retire more remnants of a.out support, as threatened in 2002.
Laughed-at-by: kris
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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getobjformat.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getobjformat.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 051b009..0000000 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getobjformat.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,136 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 John D. Polstra -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" -.Dd September 7, 1998 -.Dt GETOBJFORMAT 3 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm getobjformat -.Nd get preferred object file format -.Sh LIBRARY -.Lb libc -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In objformat.h -.Ft int -.Fn getobjformat "char *buf" "size_t bufsize" "int *argcp" "char **argv" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Fn getobjformat -function -queries several sources to determine the preferred object file -format, and copies its name into a buffer provided by the caller. -.Pp -The object file format is determined as follows. -If -.Va argv -is -.No non- Ns Ev NULL -and an explicit command line argument such as -.Fl aout -or -.Fl elf -is present, then that determines the object file format. -.Pp -Otherwise, if the variable -.Ev OBJFORMAT -is set in the environment, the object file format is taken from its -value. -.Pp -Otherwise, if the file -.Pa /etc/objformat -is readable and contains a line of the form -.Ql OBJFORMAT=xxx , -the object file format is taken from there. -.Pp -Otherwise, a built-in system default object file format is returned. -.Pp -.Va buf -points to a user-supplied buffer into which the name of the object -file format is copied. -.Va bufsize -gives the size of the buffer in bytes. -The string placed in -.Va buf -is always null-terminated. -It is an error if the buffer is too -small to hold the null-terminated name. -.Pp -.Va argv -points to a -.Dv NULL Ns -terminated -argument vector to be scanned for object -format options. -.Va argv -may be -.Dv NULL , -in which case the argument vector is not scanned. -.Pp -If -.Va argcp -is non-NULL, any object format options are deleted from the -argument vector, and the updated argument count is stored into -the integer referenced by -.Va argcp . -If -.Va argcp -is -.Dv NULL , -the argument vector is left unchanged. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -On success, -.Fn 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, -.Fn getobjformat -returns -1. -In that case, the contents of the buffer and argument -vector supplied by the caller are indeterminate. -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width OBJFORMAT -.It Ev OBJFORMAT -If the environment variable -.Ev OBJFORMAT -is set, it overrides the default object file format. -.Ev OBJFORMAT -takes precedence over -.Pa /etc/objformat . -.El -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /etc/objformat -compact -.It Pa /etc/objformat -If present, specifies the object file format to use. -Syntax is -.Ql OBJFORMAT=xxx . -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr objformat 1 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn getobjformat -function first appeared in -.Fx 3.0 . |