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GETCONF(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		    GETCONF(1)

NAME
     getconf — get configuration values

SYNOPSIS
     getconf system_var
     getconf -a
     getconf path_var pathname
     getconf -a pathname

DESCRIPTION
     The getconf utility writes the current value of a configurable system
     limit or option variable to the standard output.

     The system_var argument specifies the system variable to be queried.  The
     names of the system variables are from sysconf(3) with the leading “_SC_”
     removed.

     The path_var argument specifies the pathname variable to be queried for
     the specified pathname argument.  The names of the pathname variables are
     from pathconf(2) with the leading “_PC_” removed.

     When invoked with the option -a, getconf writes a list of all applicable
     variables and their values to the standard output, in the format “name =
     value”.

EXIT STATUS
     The getconf utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     pathconf(2), confstr(3), limits(3), sysconf(3)

STANDARDS
     The getconf utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”).

BSD				August 9, 2011				   BSD

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