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36.Dd $Mdocdate: February 8 2009 $
37.Dt GETCONF 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getconf
41.Nd get configuration values
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm getconf
44.Ar name
45.Op Ar pathname
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility writes the current value of a configurable system limit or
50option variable to the standard output.
51.Pp
52The
53.Ar name
54argument specifies the system variable to be queried.
55The
56.Ar pathname
57argument must be supplied for system variables associated with a
58pathname.
59.Pp
60.Ex -std getconf
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr pathconf 2 ,
63.Xr confstr 3 ,
64.Xr sysconf 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66The
67.Nm
68utility is compliant with the
69.St -p1003.1-2008
70specification.
71