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)
