GETCONF(1) BSD Reference Manual GETCONF(1)NAMEgetconf - get configuration values
SYNOPSISgetconf-a [path]
getconf system_variable
getconf path_variable path
DESCRIPTION
This interface is defined by IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX''). A far more com-
plete interface is available using sysctl(8).
The getconf utility displays system configuration values. The system
configuration values that may be requested are those available from the
underlying functions confstr(3), pathconf(2) and sysconf(3).
If a system_variable or a path_variable and path are specified as argu-
ments to getconf, the requested configuration value will be written to
standard output. If the requested configuration value is valid but unde-
fined for the system, the string ``undefined'' is written to the standard
output instead.
The following options are available:
-a Write all currently available configuration values to the stan-
dard output, using the format:
value name = value
If path is specified, all file oriented values (e.g., values
available from the pathconf(2) function) will be based on the
specified file, otherwise, they will be based on the file /.
The getconf utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
To retrieve the longest name supported by the /mnt/cdrom filesystem, one
would use the following request:
getconf name_max /mnt/cdrom
To determine if the system supports the POSIX FORTRAN Development Utili-
ties Option, one would use the following request:
getconf posix2_fort_dev
To retrieve the maximum input queue available for the current tty, one
would use the following request:
getconf max_input `tty`
SEE ALSOpathconf(2), confstr(3), sysconf(3), sysctl(8)STANDARDS
The getconf() utility conforms to IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'').
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