GETCONF

Section: Debian GNU/Linux (1)
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NAME

getconf - Query system configuration variables

getconf -a

getconf [-v specification] system_var

getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname

-a

        Displays all configuration variables for the current system
        and their values.

-v

        Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain
        configuration variables.

system_var

        A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or
        confstr(3).

path_var

        A system configuration variable as defined by pathconf(3). This
        must be used with a pathname.

getconf was written by Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library

This man page was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.