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1 .Dd October 8, 2015
2 .Dt GETCONF 1
3 .Os sbase
4 .Sh NAME
5 .Nm getconf
6 .Nd get configuration values
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
8 .Nm
9 .Op Fl v Ar spec
10 .Ar var
11 .Ar [path]
12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
13 .Nm
14 writes the value of the variable
15 .Ar var
16 to stdout.
17 .sp
18 If
19 .Ar path
20 is given,
21 .Ar var
22 is matched against configuration values from
23 .Xr pathconf 3 .
24 If
25 .Ar path
26 is not given,
27 .Ar var
28 is matched against configuration values from
29 .Xr sysconf 3 ,
30 .Xr confstr 3
31 and limits.h (Minimum and Maximum).
32 .sp
33 If
34 .Ar var
35 is not defined,
36 .Nm
37 writes "undefined" to stdout.
38 .Sh OPTIONS
39 .Bl -tag -width Ds
40 .It Fl v Ar spec
41 Ignored.
42 .El
43 .Sh EXIT STATUS
44 .Bl -tag -width Ds
45 .It 0
46 .Ar var
47 was matched and its value written successfully.
48 .It 1
49 An error occured or
50 .Ar var
51 was invalid.
52 .El
53 .Sh STANDARDS
54 POSIX.1-2013.
55 Except for the
56 .Op Fl v
57 flag.