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getconf(1)						      General Commands Manual							getconf(1)

NAME
       getconf - print system configuration variables

SYNOPSIS
       getconf [-v specificaton] variable_name [pathname]

       getconf -a [pathname]

DESCRIPTION
       getconf	prints	the value for variable_name, which is a system configuration variable as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3), to the stan-
       dard output.  If ariable_name is a configuration variable as defined by pathconf(3), the argument pathname needs to be given.

OPTIONS
       -a     Prints all names of the configuration variables to the standard output.

       -v specification
	      Gives the specification for which to obtain configuration variables.

AUTHOR
       getconf was written by Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library

GNU C Library							   January 2005 							getconf(1)