February 2001
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
9h 2m
English
Official Description
Displays system configuration variable values.
Syntax
getconf [-v specification] system_var
Options
None
Oddities
Most systems have system specific utilities to gather this information.
Example
$ getconf CLK_TCK # Get specific configuration values
100
$
$ getconf CHILD_MAX
999
$
$ getconf # Get all configuration values
ABI_AIO_XFER_MAX=undefined
ABI_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO=undefined
ABI_ASYNC_IO=undefined
AIO_LISTIO_MAX=4294967295
_POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX=2
AIO_MAX=4294967295
(...)
$
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