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32 .Dd September 18, 2002
37 .Nd retrieve standard configuration variables
40 .Op Fl v Ar environment
44 .Op Fl v Ar environment
49 utility prints the value of a
53 path or system configuration variable to the standard output.
54 If the specified variable is undefined, the string
58 The first form of the command, with two mandatory
59 arguments, retrieves file- and file system-specific
60 configuration variables using
62 The second form, with a single argument, retrieves system
63 configuration variables using
67 depending on the type of variable.
68 As an extension, the second form can also be used to query static limits from
75 variables use the same name as the manifest constants defined in
76 the relevant standard C-language bindings, including any leading
89 .Dv _SC_POSIX_VERSION .
90 Variables retrieved from
100 .Ss Programming Environments
105 programming environment under which the values are to be queried.
106 This option currently does nothing, but may in the future be used
107 to select between 32-bit and 64-bit execution environments on platforms
109 Specifying an environment which is not supported on the current execution
110 platform gives undefined results.
112 The standard programming environments are as follows:
113 .Bl -tag -width ".Li POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG" -offset indent
114 .It Li POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFF32
115 Exactly 32-bit integer, long, pointer, and file offset.
116 .Sy Supported platforms :
118 .It Li POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG
119 Exactly 32-bit integer, long, and pointer; at least 64-bit file offset.
120 .Sy Supported platforms :
123 .It Li POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64
124 Exactly 32-bit integer; exactly 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset.
125 .Sy Supported platforms :
128 .It Li POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG
129 At least 32-bit integer; at least 64-bit long, pointer, and file offset.
130 .Sy Supported platforms :
136 .Dl "getconf POSIX_V6_WIDTH_RESTRICTED_ENVS"
138 returns a newline-separated list of environments in which the width
139 of certain fundamental types is no greater than the width of the native
142 At present, all programming environments supported by
147 variables provide information on the necessary compiler and linker flags
148 to use the standard programming environments described above.
154 will display the system default setting for the
156 environment variable.
160 .Dl "getconf NAME_MAX /tmp"
162 will display the maximum length of a filename in the
168 .Dl "getconf -v POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG LONG_MAX"
170 will display the maximum value of the C type
173 .Li POSIX_V6_LPBIG_OFFBIG
174 programming environment,
175 if the system supports that environment.
182 which is completely unrecognized is considered an error,
183 causing a diagnostic message to be written to standard error.
185 which is known but merely undefined does not result in an error
189 utility recognizes all of the variables defined for
191 including those which are not currently implemented.
199 utility is expected to be compliant with
204 utility first appeared in
207 .An Garrett A. Wollman Aq wollman@lcs.mit.edu