1.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc. 15.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 16.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 20.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 21.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 22.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 23.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 24.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 25.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 26.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 27.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" $Id: getconf.1,v 1.1 1994/06/25 06:41:15 jtc Exp $ 30.\" 31.Dd June 24, 1994 32.Dt GETCONF 1 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm getconf 36.Nd get configuration values 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm getconf 39.Ar name 40.Op Ar pathname 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm getconf 44utility writes the current value of a configurable system limit or 45option variable to the standard output. 46.Pp 47The 48.Ar name 49argument specifies the system variable to be queried . 50The 51.Ar pathname 52argument must be supplied for system variables associated with a 53pathname. 54.Sh RETURN VALUE 55The 56.Nm getconf 57utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 58.Sh SEE ALSO 59.Xr pathconf 2 , 60.Xr confstr 3 , 61.Xr sysconf 3 62.Sh STANDARDS 63The 64.Nm getconf 65utility conforms to 66.St -p1003.2-92 . 67