1.\" $OpenBSD: getconf.1,v 1.13 2013/03/02 07:08:22 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: getconf.1,v 1.2 1996/04/20 01:15:12 jtc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by J.T. Conklin. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 19.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 20.\" This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc. 21.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 22.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 23.\" 24.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 26.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 27.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 28.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 29.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 30.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 31.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 32.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 33.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" 36.Dd $Mdocdate: March 2 2013 $ 37.Dt GETCONF 1 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm getconf 41.Nd get configuration values 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm getconf 44.Op Fl Ll 45.Op Fl v Ar specification 46.Ar name 47.Op Ar pathname 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51utility writes the current value of a configurable system limit or 52option variable to the standard output. 53.Pp 54The 55.Ar name 56argument specifies the system variable to be queried. 57The 58.Ar pathname 59argument must be supplied for system variables associated with a 60pathname. 61.Pp 62The options are as follows: 63.Bl -tag -width Ds 64.It Fl L 65List the system variables that can be used with the 66.Nm 67utility that require a 68.Ar pathname 69argument. 70.It Fl l 71List the system variables that can be used with the 72.Nm 73utility without a 74.Ar pathname 75argument. 76.It Fl v Ar specification 77Indicate a specific version and compilation environment for which 78configuration variables shall be queried. 79.Ox 80does not change behavior for different compilation environments, 81so the argument to this option is only checked for validity. 82.El 83.Sh EXIT STATUS 84.Ex -std getconf 85.Sh SEE ALSO 86.Xr pathconf 2 , 87.Xr confstr 3 , 88.Xr sysconf 3 89.Sh STANDARDS 90The 91.Nm 92utility is compliant with the 93.St -p1003.1-2008 94specification. 95.Pp 96The flags 97.Op Fl Ll 98are extensions to that specification. 99