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32.Dd November 10, 2004
33.Dt SYSCONF 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm sysconf
37.Nd get configurable system variables
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libc
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In unistd.h
42.Ft long
43.Fn sysconf "int name"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45This interface is defined by
46.St -p1003.1-88 .
47A far more complete interface is available using
48.Xr sysctl 3 .
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn sysconf
52function provides a method for applications to determine the current
53value of a configurable system limit or option variable.
54The
55.Fa name
56argument specifies the system variable to be queried.
57Symbolic constants for each name value are found in the include file
58.Aq Pa unistd.h .
59.Pp
60The available values are as follows:
61.Pp
62.Bl -tag -width "123456"
63.Pp
64.It Li _SC_ARG_MAX
65The maximum bytes of argument to
66.Xr execve 2 .
67.It Li _SC_ATEXIT_MAX
68The maxmimum number of functions that may be registered with
69.Xr atexit 3 .
70.It Li _SC_BARRIERS
71The version of
72.St -p1003.1
73and its
74Barriers
75option to which the system attempts to conform,
76otherwise \-1.
77.It Li _SC_CHILD_MAX
78The maximum number of simultaneous processes per user id.
79.It Li _SC_CLK_TCK
80The number of clock ticks per second.
81.It Li _SC_FSYNC
82Return 1 if the File Synchronization Option is available on this system,
83otherwise \-1.
84.It Li _SC_IOV_MAX
85The maximum number of
86.Va iovec
87structures that a process has available for use with
88.Xr preadv 2 ,
89.Xr pwritev 2 ,
90.Xr readv 2 ,
91.Xr recvmsg 2 ,
92.Xr sendmsg 2
93or
94.Xr writev 2 .
95.It Li _SC_JOB_CONTROL
96Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise \-1.
97.It Li _SC_LOGIN_NAME_MAX
98Returns the size of the storage required for a login name, in bytes,
99including the terminating NUL.
100.It Li _SC_MAPPED_FILES
101Return 1 if the Memory Mapped Files Option is available on this system,
102otherwise \-1.
103.It Li _SC_MEMLOCK
104Return 1 if the Process Memory Locking Option is available on this system,
105otherwise \-1.
106.It Li _SC_MEMLOCK_RANGE
107Return 1 if the Range Memory Locking Option is available on this system,
108otherwise \-1.
109.It Li _SC_MEMORY_PROTECTION
110Return 1 if the Memory Protection Option is available on this system,
111otherwise \-1.
112.It Li _SC_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
113Return the
114.Tn POSIX
115version the implementation of the Monotonic Clock Option
116on this system conforms to,
117or \-1 if unavailable.
118.It Li _SC_NGROUPS_MAX
119The maximum number of supplemental groups.
120.It Li _SC_OPEN_MAX
121The maximum number of open files per process.
122.It Li _SC_PAGESIZE
123The size of a system page in bytes.
124.It Li _SC_READER_WRITER_LOCKS
125The version of
126.St -p1003.1
127and its
128Read-Write Locks
129option to which the system attempts to conform,
130otherwise \-1.
131.It Li _SC_SEMAPHORES
132The version of
133.St -p1003.1
134and its
135Semaphores
136option to which the system attempts to conform,
137otherwise \-1.
138.Pp
139Availability of the
140Semaphores
141option depends on the
142.Li P1003_1B_SEMAPHORE
143kernel option.
144.It Li _SC_SPIN_LOCKS
145The version of
146.St -p1003.1
147and its
148Spin Locks
149option to which the system attempts to conform,
150otherwise \-1.
151.It Li _SC_STREAM_MAX
152The minimum maximum number of streams that a process may have open
153at any one time.
154.It Li _SC_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
155Return 1 if the Synchronized I/O Option is available on this system,
156otherwise \-1.
157.It Li _SC_THREADS
158The version of
159.St -p1003.1
160and its
161Threads
162option to which the system attempts to conform,
163otherwise \-1.
164.It Li _SC_TIMERS
165The version of
166.St -p1003.1
167and its
168Timers
169option to which the system attempts to conform,
170otherwise \-1.
171.It Li _SC_TZNAME_MAX
172The minimum maximum number of types supported for the name of a
173timezone.
174.It Li _SC_SAVED_IDS
175Returns 1 if saved set-group and saved set-user ID is available,
176otherwise \-1.
177.It Li _SC_VERSION
178The version of ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX 1003.1) with which the system
179attempts to comply.
180.It Li _SC_XOPEN_SHM
181Return 1 if the
182.St -xpg4.2
183Shared Memory
184option is available on this system,
185otherwise \-1.
186.Pp
187Availability of the
188Shared Memory
189option depends on the
190.Li SYSVSHM
191kernel option.
192.It Li _SC_BC_BASE_MAX
193The maximum ibase/obase values in the
194.Xr bc 1
195utility.
196.It Li _SC_BC_DIM_MAX
197The maximum array size in the
198.Xr bc 1
199utility.
200.It Li _SC_BC_SCALE_MAX
201The maximum scale value in the
202.Xr bc 1
203utility.
204.It Li _SC_BC_STRING_MAX
205The maximum string length in the
206.Xr bc 1
207utility.
208.It Li _SC_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX
209The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to any entry of
210the LC_COLLATE order keyword in the locale definition file.
211.It Li _SC_EXPR_NEST_MAX
212The maximum number of expressions that can be nested within
213parenthesis by the
214.Xr expr 1
215utility.
216.It Li _SC_LINE_MAX
217The maximum length in bytes of a text-processing utility's input
218line.
219.It Li _SC_RE_DUP_MAX
220The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression
221permitted when using interval notation.
222.It Li _SC_2_VERSION
223The version of POSIX 1003.2 with which the system attempts to comply.
224.It Li _SC_2_C_BIND
225Return 1 if the system's C-language development facilities support the
226C-Language Bindings Option, otherwise \-1.
227.It Li _SC_2_C_DEV
228Return 1 if the system supports the C-Language Development Utilities Option,
229otherwise \-1.
230.It Li _SC_2_CHAR_TERM
231Return 1 if the system supports at least one terminal type capable of
232all operations described in POSIX 1003.2, otherwise \-1.
233.It Li _SC_2_FORT_DEV
234Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Development Utilities Option,
235otherwise \-1.
236.It Li _SC_2_FORT_RUN
237Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Runtime Utilities Option,
238otherwise \-1.
239.It Li _SC_2_LOCALEDEF
240Return 1 if the system supports the creation of locales, otherwise \-1.
241.It Li _SC_2_SW_DEV
242Return 1 if the system supports the Software Development Utilities Option,
243otherwise \-1.
244.It Li _SC_2_UPE
245Return 1 if the system supports the User Portability Utilities Option,
246otherwise \-1.
247.It Li _SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX
248The minimum size of the
249.Fa buffer
250passed to
251.Xr getgrgid_r 3
252and
253.Xr getgrnam_r 3 .
254.It Li _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
255The minimum size of the
256.Fa buffer
257passed to
258.Xr getpwnam_r 3
259and
260.Xr getpwuid_r 3 .
261.El
262.Sh RETURN VALUES
263If the call to
264.Nm sysconf
265is not successful, \-1 is returned and
266.Va errno
267is set appropriately.
268Otherwise, if the variable is associated with functionality that is not
269supported, \-1 is returned and
270.Va errno
271is not modified.
272Otherwise, the current variable value is returned.
273.Sh ERRORS
274The
275.Fn sysconf
276function may fail and set
277.Va errno
278for any of the errors specified for the library functions
279.Xr sysctl 3 .
280In addition, the following error may be reported:
281.Bl -tag -width Er
282.It Bq Er EINVAL
283The value of the
284.Fa name
285argument is invalid.
286.El
287.Sh SEE ALSO
288.Xr sysctl 3
289.Sh STANDARDS
290The
291.Fn sysconf
292function conforms to
293.St -p1003.1-90 .
294.Sh HISTORY
295The
296.Nm sysconf
297function first appeared in
298.Bx 4.4 .
299.Sh BUGS
300The value for _SC_STREAM_MAX is a minimum maximum, and required to be
301the same as ANSI C's FOPEN_MAX, so the returned value is a ridiculously
302small and misleading number.
303