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GETCONF(1) General Commands Manual GETCONF(1) NAME getconf -- retrieve standard configuration variables SYNOPSIS getconf -a [file] getconf [-v environment] path_var file getconf [-v environment] system_var DESCRIPTION The getconf utility prints the values of POSIX or X/Open path or system configuration variables to the standard output. If a variable is unde- fined, the string "undefined" is output. The first form of the command displays all of the path or system con- figuration variables to standard output. If file is provided, all path configuration variables are reported for file using pathconf(2). Oth- erwise, all system configuration variables are reported using confstr(3) and sysconf(3). The second form of the command, with two mandatory arguments, retrieves file- and file system-specific configuration variables using pathconf(2). The third form, with a single argument, retrieves system configuration variables using confstr(3) and sysconf(3), depending on the type of variable. As an extension, the second form can also be used to query static limits from <limits.h>. All sysconf(3) and pathconf(2) variables use the same name as the mani- fest constants defined in the relevant standard C-language bindings, including any leading underscore or prefix. That is to say, system_var might be ARG_MAX or _POSIX_VERSION, as opposed to the sysconf(3) names _SC_ARG_MAX or _SC_POSIX_VERSION. Variables retrieved from confstr(3) have the leading `_CS_' stripped off; thus, _CS_PATH is queried by a system_var of "PATH". Programming Environments The -v environment option specifies a IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1") programming environment under which the values are to be queried. This option currently does nothing, but may in the future be used to select between 32-bit and 64-bit execution environments on platforms which support both. Specifying an environment which is not supported on the current execution platform gives undefined results. The standard programming environments are as follows: POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32 Exactly 32-bit integer, long, pointer, and file offset. Supported platforms: None. POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG Exactly 32-bit integer, long, and pointer; at least 64-bit file offset. Supported platforms: IA32, PowerPC. POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64 Exactly 32-bit integer; exactly 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset. Supported platforms: AMD64, SPARC64. POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG At least 32-bit integer; at least 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset. Supported platforms: None. The command: getconf POSIX_V6_WIDTH_RESTRICTED_ENVS returns a newline-separated list of environments in which the width of certain fundamental types is no greater than the width of the native C type long. At present, all programming environments supported by FreeBSD have this property. Several of the confstr(3) variables pro- vide information on the necessary compiler and linker flags to use the standard programming environments described above. EXIT STATUS The getconf utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. EXAMPLES The command: getconf PATH will display the system default setting for the PATH environment vari- able. The command: getconf NAME_MAX /tmp will display the maximum length of a filename in the /tmp directory. The command: getconf -v POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG LONG_MAX will display the maximum value of the C type long in the POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG programming environment, if the system supports that environment. DIAGNOSTICS Use of a system_var or path_var which is completely unrecognized is considered an error, causing a diagnostic message to be written to standard error. One which is known but merely undefined does not re- sult in an error indication. The getconf utility recognizes all of the variables defined for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1"), including those which are not currently implemented. SEE ALSO pathconf(2), confstr(3), sysconf(3) STANDARDS The getconf utility is expected to be compliant with IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1"). HISTORY The getconf utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0. AUTHORS Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> FreeBSD 14.3 September 15, 2017 GETCONF(1)
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