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36 .Nd retrieve standard configuration variables
39 .Op Fl v Ar environment
43 .Op Fl v Ar environment
48 utility prints the value of a
52 path or system configuration variable to the standard output.
53 If the specified variable is undefined, the string
57 The first form of the command, with two mandatory
58 arguments, retrieves file- and file system-specific
59 configuration variables using
61 The second form, with a single argument, retrieves system
62 configuration variables using
66 depending on the type of variable.
67 As an extension, the second form can also be used to query static limits from
74 variables use the same name as the manifest constants defined in
75 the relevant standard C-language bindings, including any leading
89 Variables retrieved from
99 .Ss Programming Environments
104 programming environment under which the values are to be queried.
105 This option currently does nothing, but may in the future be used
106 to select between 32-bit and 64-bit execution environments on platforms
108 Specifying an environment which is not supported on the current execution
109 platform gives undefined results.
111 The standard programming environments are as follows:
112 .Bl -tag -width ".Li POSIX_V7_LPBIG_OFFBIG" -offset indent
113 .It Li POSIX_V7_ILP32_OFF32
114 Exactly 32-bit integer, long, pointer, and file offset.
115 .Sy Supported platforms :
117 .It Li POSIX_V7_ILP32_OFFBIG
118 Exactly 32-bit integer, long, and pointer; at least 64-bit file offset.
119 .Sy Supported platforms :
121 .It Li POSIX_V7_LP64_OFF64
122 Exactly 32-bit integer; exactly 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset.
123 .Sy Supported platforms :
125 .It Li POSIX_V7_LPBIG_OFFBIG
126 At least 32-bit integer; at least 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset.
127 .Sy Supported platforms :
133 .Dl "getconf POSIX_V7_WIDTH_RESTRICTED_ENVS"
135 returns a newline-separated list of environments in which the width
136 of certain fundamental types is no greater than the width of the native
139 At present, all programming environments supported by
144 variables provide information on the necessary compiler and linker flags
145 to use the standard programming environments described above.
153 will display the system default setting for the
155 environment variable.
159 .Dl "getconf NAME_MAX /tmp"
161 will display the maximum length of a filename in the
167 .Dl "getconf -v _POSIX_V7_LPBIG_OFFBIG LONG_MAX"
169 will display the maximum value of the C type
172 .Li POSIX_V7_LPBIG_OFFBIG
173 programming environment,
174 if the system supports that environment.
180 which is completely unrecognized is considered an error,
181 causing a diagnostic message to be written to standard error.
183 which is known but merely undefined does not result in an error
187 utility recognizes all of the variables defined for
189 including those which are not currently implemented.
197 utility is expected to be compliant with
202 utility first appeared in
205 .An Garrett A. Wollman Aq Mt wollman@lcs.mit.edu