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