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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e6a3da --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3 @@ -0,0 +1,529 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Casey Leedom of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)getcap.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/13/94 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 13, 1994 +.Dt GETCAP 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cgetent , +.Nm cgetset , +.Nm cgetmatch , +.Nm cgetcap , +.Nm cgetnum , +.Nm cgetstr , +.Nm cgetustr , +.Nm cgetfirst , +.Nm cgetnext , +.Nm cgetclose +.Nd capability database access routines +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <stdlib.h> +.Ft int +.Fn cgetent "char **buf" "char **db_array" "char *name" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetset "char *ent" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetmatch "char *buf" "char *name" +.Ft char * +.Fn cgetcap "char *buf" "char *cap" "int type" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetnum "char *buf" "char *cap" "long *num" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetstr "char *buf" "char *cap" "char **str" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetustr "char *buf" "char *cap" "char **str" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetfirst "char **buf" "char **db_array" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetnext "char **buf" "char **db_array" +.Ft int +.Fn cgetclose "void" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn Cgetent +extracts the capability +.Fa name +from the database specified by the +.Dv NULL +terminated file array +.Fa db_array +and returns a pointer to a +.Xr malloc Ns \&'d +copy of it in +.Fa buf . +The +.Fn cgetent +function will first look for files ending in +.Nm .db +(see +.Xr cap_mkdb 1) +before accessing the ASCII file. +.Fa Buf +must be retained through all subsequent calls to +.Fn cgetmatch , +.Fn cgetcap , +.Fn cgetnum , +.Fn cgetstr , +and +.Fn cgetustr , +but may then be +.Xr free 3 Ns \&'d. +On success 0 is returned, 1 if the returned +record contains an unresolved +.Nm tc +expansion, +\-1 if the requested record couldn't be found, +\-2 if a system error was encountered (couldn't open/read a file, etc.) also +setting +.Va errno , +and \-3 if a potential reference loop is detected (see +.Ic tc= +comments below). +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetset +function enables the addition of a character buffer containing a single capability +record entry +to the capability database. +Conceptually, the entry is added as the first ``file'' in the database, and +is therefore searched first on the call to +.Fn cgetent . +The entry is passed in +.Fa ent . +If +.Fa ent +is +.Dv NULL , +the current entry is removed from the database. +A call to +.Fn cgetset +must precede the database traversal. It must be called before the +.Fn cgetent +call. If a sequential access is being performed (see below), it must be called +before the first sequential access call ( +.Fn cgetfirst +or +.Fn cgetnext +), or be directly preceded by a +.Fn cgetclose +call. +On success 0 is returned and \-1 on failure. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetmatch +function will return 0 if +.Fa name +is one of the names of the capability record +.Fa buf , +\-1 if +not. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetcap +function searches the capability record +.Fa buf +for the capability +.Fa cap +with type +.Fa type . +A +.Fa type +is specified using any single character. If a colon (`:') is used, an +untyped capability will be searched for (see below for explanation of +types). A pointer to the value of +.Fa cap +in +.Fa buf +is returned on success, +.Dv NULL +if the requested capability couldn't be +found. The end of the capability value is signaled by a `:' or +.Tn ASCII +.Dv NUL +(see below for capability database syntax). +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetnum +function retrieves the value of the numeric capability +.Fa cap +from the capability record pointed to by +.Fa buf . +The numeric value is returned in the +.Ft long +pointed to by +.Fa num . +0 is returned on success, \-1 if the requested numeric capability couldn't +be found. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetstr +function retrieves the value of the string capability +.Fa cap +from the capability record pointed to by +.Fa buf . +A pointer to a decoded, +.Dv NUL +terminated, +.Xr malloc Ns \&'d +copy of the string is returned in the +.Ft char * +pointed to by +.Fa str . +The number of characters in the decoded string not including the trailing +.Dv NUL +is returned on success, \-1 if the requested string capability couldn't +be found, \-2 if a system error was encountered (storage allocation +failure). +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetustr +function is identical to +.Fn cgetstr +except that it does not expand special characters, but rather returns each +character of the capability string literally. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetfirst +and +.Fn cgetnext +functions comprise a function group that provides for sequential +access of the +.Dv NULL +pointer terminated array of file names, +.Fa db_array . +The +.Fn cgetfirst +function returns the first record in the database and resets the access +to the first record. +The +.Fn cgetnext +function returns the next record in the database with respect to the +record returned by the previous +.Fn cgetfirst +or +.Fn cgetnext +call. If there is no such previous call, the first record in the database is +returned. +Each record is returned in a +.Xr malloc Ns \&'d +copy pointed to by +.Fa buf . +.Ic Tc +expansion is done (see +.Ic tc= +comments below). +Upon completion of the database 0 is returned, 1 is returned upon successful +return of record with possibly more remaining (we haven't reached the end of +the database yet), 2 is returned if the record contains an unresolved +.Nm tc +expansion, \-1 is returned if an system error occurred, and \-2 +is returned if a potential reference loop is detected (see +.Ic tc= +comments below). +Upon completion of database (0 return) the database is closed. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetclose +function closes the sequential access and frees any memory and file descriptors +being used. Note that it does not erase the buffer pushed by a call to +.Fn cgetset . +.Sh CAPABILITY DATABASE SYNTAX +Capability databases are normally +.Tn ASCII +and may be edited with standard +text editors. Blank lines and lines beginning with a `#' are comments +and are ignored. Lines ending with a `\|\e' indicate that the next line +is a continuation of the current line; the `\|\e' and following newline +are ignored. Long lines are usually continued onto several physical +lines by ending each line except the last with a `\|\e'. +.Pp +Capability databases consist of a series of records, one per logical +line. Each record contains a variable number of `:'-separated fields +(capabilities). Empty fields consisting entirely of white space +characters (spaces and tabs) are ignored. +.Pp +The first capability of each record specifies its names, separated by `|' +characters. These names are used to reference records in the database. +By convention, the last name is usually a comment and is not intended as +a lookup tag. For example, the +.Em vt100 +record from the +.Nm termcap +database begins: +.Pp +.Dl "d0\||\|vt100\||\|vt100-am\||\|vt100am\||\|dec vt100:" +.Pp +giving four names that can be used to access the record. +.Pp +The remaining non-empty capabilities describe a set of (name, value) +bindings, consisting of a names optionally followed by a typed values: +.Bl -column "nameTvalue" +.It name Ta "typeless [boolean] capability" +.Em name No "is present [true]" +.It name Ns Em \&T Ns value Ta capability +.Pq Em name , \&T +has value +.Em value +.It name@ Ta "no capability" Em name No exists +.It name Ns Em T Ns \&@ Ta capability +.Pq Em name , T +does not exist +.El +.Pp +Names consist of one or more characters. Names may contain any character +except `:', but it's usually best to restrict them to the printable +characters and avoid use of graphics like `#', `=', `%', `@', etc. Types +are single characters used to separate capability names from their +associated typed values. Types may be any character except a `:'. +Typically, graphics like `#', `=', `%', etc. are used. Values may be any +number of characters and may contain any character except `:'. +.Sh CAPABILITY DATABASE SEMANTICS +Capability records describe a set of (name, value) bindings. Names may +have multiple values bound to them. Different values for a name are +distinguished by their +.Fa types . +The +.Fn cgetcap +function will return a pointer to a value of a name given the capability +name and the type of the value. +.Pp +The types `#' and `=' are conventionally used to denote numeric and +string typed values, but no restriction on those types is enforced. The +functions +.Fn cgetnum +and +.Fn cgetstr +can be used to implement the traditional syntax and semantics of `#' +and `='. +Typeless capabilities are typically used to denote boolean objects with +presence or absence indicating truth and false values respectively. +This interpretation is conveniently represented by: +.Pp +.Dl "(getcap(buf, name, ':') != NULL)" +.Pp +A special capability, +.Ic tc= name , +is used to indicate that the record specified by +.Fa name +should be substituted for the +.Ic tc +capability. +.Ic Tc +capabilities may interpolate records which also contain +.Ic tc +capabilities and more than one +.Ic tc +capability may be used in a record. A +.Ic tc +expansion scope (i.e., where the argument is searched for) contains the +file in which the +.Ic tc +is declared and all subsequent files in the file array. +.Pp +When a database is searched for a capability record, the first matching +record in the search is returned. When a record is scanned for a +capability, the first matching capability is returned; the capability +.Ic :nameT@: +will hide any following definition of a value of type +.Em T +for +.Fa name ; +and the capability +.Ic :name@: +will prevent any following values of +.Fa name +from being seen. +.Pp +These features combined with +.Ic tc +capabilities can be used to generate variations of other databases and +records by either adding new capabilities, overriding definitions with new +definitions, or hiding following definitions via `@' capabilities. +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +example\||\|an example of binding multiple values to names:\e + :foo%bar:foo^blah:foo@:\e + :abc%xyz:abc^frap:abc$@:\e + :tc=more: +.Ed +.Pp +The capability foo has two values bound to it (bar of type `%' and blah of +type `^') and any other value bindings are hidden. The capability abc +also has two values bound but only a value of type `$' is prevented from +being defined in the capability record more. +.Pp +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +file1: + new\||\|new_record\||\|a modification of "old":\e + :fript=bar:who-cares@:tc=old:blah:tc=extensions: +file2: + old\||\|old_record\||\|an old database record:\e + :fript=foo:who-cares:glork#200: +.Ed +.Pp +The records are extracted by calling +.Fn cgetent +with file1 preceding file2. +In the capability record new in file1, fript=bar overrides the definition +of fript=foo interpolated from the capability record old in file2, +who-cares@ prevents the definition of any who-cares definitions in old +from being seen, glork#200 is inherited from old, and blah and anything +defined by the record extensions is added to those definitions in old. +Note that the position of the fript=bar and who-cares@ definitions before +tc=old is important here. If they were after, the definitions in old +would take precedence. +.Sh CGETNUM AND CGETSTR SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS +Two types are predefined by +.Fn cgetnum +and +.Fn cgetstr : +.Bl -column "nameXnumber" +.Sm off +.It Em name No \&# Em number Ta numeric +capability +.Em name +has value +.Em number +.It Em name No = Em string Ta "string capability" +.Em name +has value +.Em string +.It Em name No \&#@ Ta "the numeric capability" +.Em name +does not exist +.It Em name No \&=@ Ta "the string capability" +.Em name +does not exist +.El +.Pp +Numeric capability values may be given in one of three numeric bases. +If the number starts with either +.Ql 0x +or +.Ql 0X +it is interpreted as a hexadecimal number (both upper and lower case a-f +may be used to denote the extended hexadecimal digits). +Otherwise, if the number starts with a +.Ql 0 +it is interpreted as an octal number. +Otherwise the number is interpreted as a decimal number. +.Pp +String capability values may contain any character. Non-printable +.Dv ASCII +codes, new lines, and colons may be conveniently represented by the use +of escape sequences: +.Bl -column "\e\|X,X\e\|X" "(ASCII octal nnn)" +^X ('X' & 037) control-X +\e\|b, \e\|B (ASCII 010) backspace +\e\|t, \e\|T (ASCII 011) tab +\e\|n, \e\|N (ASCII 012) line feed (newline) +\e\|f, \e\|F (ASCII 014) form feed +\e\|r, \e\|R (ASCII 015) carriage return +\e\|e, \e\|E (ASCII 027) escape +\e\|c, \e\|C (:) colon +\e\|\e (\e\|) back slash +\e\|^ (^) caret +\e\|nnn (ASCII octal nnn) +.El +.Pp +A `\|\e' may be followed by up to three octal digits directly specifies +the numeric code for a character. The use of +.Tn ASCII +.Dv NUL Ns s , +while easily +encoded, causes all sorts of problems and must be used with care since +.Dv NUL Ns s +are typically used to denote the end of strings; many applications +use `\e\|200' to represent a +.Dv NUL . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Fn Cgetent , +.Fn cgetset , +.Fn cgetmatch , +.Fn cgetnum , +.Fn cgetstr , +.Fn cgetustr , +.Fn cgetfirst , +and +.Fn cgetnext +return a value greater than or equal to 0 on success and a value less +than 0 on failure. +The +.Fn cgetcap +function returns a character pointer on success and a +.Dv NULL +on failure. +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetent , +and +.Fn cgetseq +functions may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions: +.Xr fopen 3 , +.Xr fclose 3 , +.Xr open 2 , +and +.Xr close 2 . +.Pp +The +.Fn cgetent , +.Fn cgetset , +.Fn cgetstr , +and +.Fn cgetustr +may fail and set +.Va errno +as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +No memory to allocate. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cap_mkdb 1 , +.Xr malloc 3 +.Sh BUGS +Colons (`:') can't be used in names, types, or values. +.Pp +There are no checks for +.Ic tc= name +loops in +.Fn cgetent . +.Pp +The buffer added to the database by a call to +.Fn cgetset +is not unique to the database but is rather prepended to any database used. |
