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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[fancyhdr,pdf]{latex2man}
\input{common.tex}
\begin{document}
\begin{Name}{3}{unw\_backtrace}{David Mosberger-Tang}{Programming Library}{unw\_backtrace}unw\_backtrace -- return backtrace for the calling program
\end{Name}
\section{Synopsis}
\File{\#include $<$libunwind.h$>$}\\
\Type{int} \Func{unw\_backtrace}(\Type{void~**}\Var{buffer}, \Type{int}~\Var{size});\\
\File{\#include $<$execinfo.h$>$}\\
\Type{int} \Func{backtrace}(\Type{void~**}\Var{buffer}, \Type{int}~\Var{size});\\
\section{Description}
\Func{unw\_backtrace}() is a convenient routine for obtaining the backtrace for
the calling program. The routine fills up to \Var{size} addresses in the array
pointed by \Var{buffer}. The routine is only available for local unwinding.
Note that many (but not all) systems provide practically identical function
called \Func{backtrace}(). The prototype for this function is usually obtained
by including the \File{$<$execinfo.h$>$} header file -- a prototype for
\Func{backtrace}() is not provided by \Prog{libunwind}. \Prog{libunwind} weakly
aliases \Func{backtrace}() to \Func{unw\_backtrace}(), so when a program
calling \Func{backtrace}() is linked against \Prog{libunwind}, it may end up
calling \Func{unw\_backtrace}().
\section{Return Value}
The routine returns the number of addresses stored in the array pointed by
\Var{buffer}. The return value may be zero to indicate that no addresses were
stored.
\section{See Also}
\SeeAlso{libunwind(3)},
\SeeAlso{unw\_step(3)}
\section{Author}
\noindent
David Mosberger-Tang\\
Email: \Email{dmosberger@gmail.com}\\
WWW: \URL{http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/}.
\LatexManEnd
\end{document}