getconf(1) - BetterMan

getconf(1)

Query system configuration variables (sysconf)

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Synopsis

getconf
 -a
getconf
 [
-v specification
] system_var
getconf
 [
-v specification
] path_var pathname

—

NAME

getconf - Query system configuration variables (sysconf)

getconf -a

getconf [-v specification] system_var

getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname

-a

bash

        Displays all configuration variables for the current system
        and their values.

bash

        Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain
        configuration variables.

bash

        A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or
        confstr(3).

bash

        A system configuration variable as defined by pathconf(3). This
        must be used with a pathname.

getconf was written by Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library

This man page was written by Ben Collins <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.