1*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h2>bootstrap_arguments</h2> 2*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<hr> 3*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 4*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Return a set of arguments to the bootstrap task. 5*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3> 6*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<pre> 7*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t bootstrap_arguments</strong> 8*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions <strong>(mach_port_t</strong> <var>bootstrap</var>, 9*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions <strong>task_t</strong> <var>task</var>, 10*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions <strong>pointer_t</strong> <var>pointer_t</var>, 11*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions <strong>mach_msg_type_number_t</strong> <var>mach_msg_type_number_t</var><strong>);</strong> 12*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions</pre> 13*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3> 14*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dl> 15*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 16*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>bootstrap</var> 17*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 18*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions[in bootstrap send right] 19*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsThe bootstrap port for the task, obtained from 20*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<strong>task_get_special_ports</strong>. 21*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 22*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>task</var> 23*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 24*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions[in task send right] 25*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsThe task port for the task whose argument strings are requested. 26*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 27*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>arguments</var> 28*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 29*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions[pointer to dynamic out array of characters] 30*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsThe argument strings for the task. This is an array of 31*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<var>argumentCnt</var> bytes, containing NUL characters 32*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionsseparating the strings. 33*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 34*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>argumentsCnt</var> 35*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<dd> 36*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions[out pointer to scalar] 37*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsNumber of bytes contained in <var>arguments</var>. 38*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions</dl> 39*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3> 40*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 41*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsThe kernel will respond to the bootstrap task (task 1) with the 42*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionsarguments and environment specified to the boot loader. The bootstrap 43*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionstask can act as a server on this interface for the tasks that it 44*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionscreates in order to pass arguments to them. The <strong>libsa_mach.a</strong> 45*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionsstandalone Mach C runtime startup code uses <strong>bootstrap_arguments</strong> and 46*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<strong>bootstrap_environment</strong> to initialize <var>argc</var>, <var>argv</var>, 47*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributionsand <var>envp</var> for <strong>main</strong>. 48*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3> 49*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 50*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply. 51*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3> 52*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<p> 53*e3723e1fSApple OSS DistributionsFunctions: 54*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<a href="bootstrap_ports.html"><strong>bootstrap_ports</strong></a>, 55*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions<a href="bootstrap_environment.html"><strong>bootstrap_environment</strong></a>. 56*e3723e1fSApple OSS Distributions 57