LIBBSDXML(3)

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version 15.1 · 2 versions
, in freebsd 15.1

🎀 NAME 🎀

libbsdxml — the eXpat XML parser library 💖 that's the whole name section, bestie. This page is LIBBSDXML(3), and it's giving “small but important system library” energy.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <bsdxml.h>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The libbsdxml library is a verbatim copy of the eXpat XML library version 2.7.5. No cap, it's literally that exact version. 🫶

The libbsdxml library is intended to be used within the FreeBSD base system only. Use of the libbsdxml library for other purposes is not supported and discouraged — so like, bestie, please don't take it clubbing outside FreeBSD base. 💀

To avoid version and autoconfiguration issues, the library has been renamed to libbsdxml rather than retain the original eXpat library and include file names. The whole point is to prevent confusion and autoconfiguration issues for 3rd party software ✨ — iconic rename behavior, honestly.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

For full documentation, please see the eXpat webpage at http://www.libexpat.org/. 👑

💜 AUTHORS 💜

The original eXpat was written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>. 🎀

Subsequently eXpat maintenance and development been taken up by a group of people under the leadership of Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.com>, Paul Prescod, and Clark Cooper. 👯‍♀️

source/version: Debian · date: April 2, 2026 · page: LIBBSDXML(3) — okay that's the whole thing, bestie, mwah 💋

📦 where this page comes from
  • freebsd 15.1: base 15.1
  • Copyright (c) 2002 Poul-Henning Kamp
  • 💖 girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms