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33 .Nd get preferred object file format
39 .Fn getobjformat "char *buf" "size_t bufsize" "int *argcp __unused" "char **argv __unused"
43 function copies the name of the preferred object file format
45 into a buffer provided by the caller.
46 The function is currently provided only for backward compatibility.
49 points to a user-supplied buffer into which the name of the object
50 file format is copied.
52 gives the size of the buffer in bytes.
55 is always null-terminated.
56 It is an error if the buffer is too small to hold the null-terminated name.
61 are unused and new applications should set them to
66 returns the length of the object file format name, not counting the
68 If the supplied buffer is too small to hold the object file format
69 and its null terminator,
72 In that case, the contents of the buffer and argument
73 vector supplied by the caller are indeterminate.
79 function first appeared in