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  4. GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))                                                          GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))
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  8. NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
  9.      getconf - get configuration variables (XPG4)
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  11. SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
  12.      ggggeeeettttccccoooonnnnffff _s_y_s_t_e_m__v_a_r
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  14.      ggggeeeettttccccoooonnnnffff _p_a_t_h__v_a_r _p_a_t_h__n_a_m_e
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  16. DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
  17.      ggggeeeettttccccoooonnnnffff provides a method to determine the current values of certain
  18.      configurable system limits, options and parameters.
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  20.      If the _s_y_s_t_e_m__v_a_r argument is given, _gggg_eeee_tttt_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(1) will print the value of
  21.      each requested system parameter, one per line.
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  23.      If the _p_a_t_h__v_a_r and _p_a_t_h_n_a_m_e arguments are given, _gggg_eeee_tttt_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(1) will print
  24.      the value of the requested variable specified by the _p_a_t_h__v_a_r argument
  25.      for the path specified by the _p_a_t_h_n_a_m_e operand.
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  27. SSSSTTTTDDDDOOOOUUUUTTTT
  28.      If the specified variable is defined on the system and its value is
  29.      described to be available, its value will be written in the following
  30.      format:
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  32.           "%s\n", <value>
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  34.      Otherwise, if the specified variable is defined on the system, its value
  35.      will be written in the following format:
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  37.           "%d\n", <value>
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  39.      If the specified variable is valid, but is undefined on the system,
  40.      _gggg_eeee_tttt_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff will write using the following format:
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  42.           "undefined\n"
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  44.      If the variable name is invalid or an error occurs, nothing will be
  45.      written to standard output.
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  47. OOOOPPPPEEEERRRRAAAANNNNDDDDSSSS
  48.      The following operands are supported:
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  50.      _p_a_t_h__v_a_r
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  52.                A name of a configuration variable whose value is available
  53.                from the _p_a_t_h_c_o_n_f() function.  All of the values in the
  54.                following table are supported in addition to others described
  55.                in _pppp_aaaa_tttt_hhhh_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(1):
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  57.      LLLLIIIINNNNKKKK____MMMMAAAAXXXX            NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX              ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____CCCCHHHHOOOOWWWWNNNN____RRRREEEESSSSTTTTRRRRIIIICCCCTTTTEEEEDDDD
  58.      MMMMAAAAXXXX____CCCCAAAANNNNOOOONNNN           PPPPAAAATTTTHHHH____MMMMAAAAXXXX              ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____NNNNOOOO____TTTTRRRRUUUUNNNNCCCC
  59.      MMMMAAAAXXXX____IIIINNNNPPPPUUUUTTTT           PPPPIIIIPPPPEEEE____BBBBUUUUFFFF              ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____VVVVDDDDIIIISSSSAAAABBBBLLLLEEEE
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  63.                                                                         PPPPaaaaggggeeee 1111
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  70. GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))                                                          GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))
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  74.      _p_a_t_h_n_a_m_e
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  76.                A pathname for which the variable specified by _p_a_t_h__v_a_r is to
  77.                be determined.
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  79.      _s_y_s_t_e_m__v_a_r
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  81.                A name of a configuration variable whose value is available
  82.                from the _s_y_s_c_o_n_f() function.  All of the values in the
  83.                following table are supported:
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  85.      AAAARRRRGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX             NNNNLLLL____TTTTEEEEXXXXTTTTMMMMAAAAXXXX            PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____CCCC____DDDDEEEEVVVV
  86.      BBBBCCCC____BBBBAAAASSSSEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX         OOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____MMMMAAAAXXXX              PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____CCCC____VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN
  87.      BBBBCCCC____DDDDIIIIMMMM____MMMMAAAAXXXX          ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____AAAARRRRGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX        PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____EEEEXXXXPPPPRRRR____NNNNEEEESSSSTTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  88.      BBBBCCCC____SSSSCCCCAAAALLLLEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX        ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____CCCCHHHHIIIILLLLDDDD____MMMMAAAAXXXX      PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____FFFFOOOORRRRTTTT____DDDDEEEEVVVV
  89.      BBBBCCCC____SSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX       ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____JJJJOOOOBBBB____CCCCOOOONNNNTTTTRRRROOOOLLLL    PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____FFFFOOOORRRRTTTT____RRRRUUUUNNNN
  90.      CCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____BBBBIIIITTTT            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____LLLLIIIINNNNKKKK____MMMMAAAAXXXX       PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____LLLLIIIINNNNEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  91.      CCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____MMMMAAAAXXXX            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____MMMMAAAAXXXX____CCCCAAAANNNNOOOONNNN      PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____LLLLOOOOCCCCAAAALLLLEEEEDDDDEEEEFFFF
  92.      CCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____MMMMIIIINNNN            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____MMMMAAAAXXXX____IIIINNNNPPPPUUUUTTTT      PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____RRRREEEE____DDDDUUUUPPPP____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  93.      CCCCHHHHIIIILLLLDDDD____MMMMAAAAXXXX           ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX       PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____SSSSWWWW____DDDDEEEEVVVV
  94.      CCCCLLLLKKKK____TTTTCCCCKKKK             ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____NNNNGGGGRRRROOOOUUUUPPPPSSSS____MMMMAAAAXXXX    PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____UUUUPPPPEEEE
  95.      CCCCOOOOLLLLLLLL____WWWWEEEEIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTSSSS____MMMMAAAAXXXX    ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____OOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____MMMMAAAAXXXX       PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN
  96.      CCCCSSSS____PPPPAAAATTTTHHHH             ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____PPPPAAAATTTTHHHH____MMMMAAAAXXXX       RRRREEEE____DDDDUUUUPPPP____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  97.      EEEEXXXXPPPPRRRR____NNNNEEEESSSSTTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX       ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____PPPPIIIIPPPPEEEE____BBBBUUUUFFFF       SSSSCCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  98.      IIIINNNNTTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX             ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____SSSSAAAAVVVVEEEEDDDD____IIIIDDDDSSSS      SSSSCCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____MMMMIIIINNNN
  99.      LLLLIIIINNNNEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____SSSSTTTTRRRREEEEAAAAMMMM____MMMMAAAAXXXX     SSSSHHHHRRRRTTTT____MMMMIIIINNNN
  100.      LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____TTTTZZZZNNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX     SSSSSSSSIIIIZZZZEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  101.      LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG____MMMMIIIINNNN            ____PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX____VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN        SSSSTTTTRRRREEEEAAAAMMMM____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  102.      MMMMBBBB____LLLLEEEENNNN____MMMMAAAAXXXX          PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____BBBBCCCC____BBBBAAAASSSSEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX    TTTTZZZZNNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  103.      NNNNGGGGRRRROOOOUUUUPPPPSSSS____MMMMAAAAXXXX         PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____BBBBCCCC____DDDDIIIIMMMM____MMMMAAAAXXXX     UUUUCCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  104.      NNNNLLLL____AAAARRRRGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX           PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____BBBBCCCC____SSSSCCCCAAAALLLLEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX   UUUUIIIINNNNTTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  105.      NNNNLLLL____LLLLAAAANNNNGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX          PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____BBBBCCCC____SSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX  UUUULLLLOOOONNNNGGGG____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  106.      NNNNLLLL____MMMMAAAAXXXX              PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____CCCCHHHHAAAARRRR____TTTTEEEERRRRMMMM      UUUUSSSSHHHHRRRRTTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  107.      NNNNLLLL____MMMMSSSSGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX           PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____CCCCOOOOLLLLLLLL____WWWWEEEEIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTSSSS____MMMMAAAAXXXX
  108.      NNNNLLLL____SSSSEEEETTTTMMMMAAAAXXXX           PPPPOOOOSSSSIIIIXXXX2222____CCCC____BBBBIIIINNNNDDDD
  109.      CCCCHHHHAAAARRRRCCCCLLLLAAAASSSSSSSS____NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE____MMMMAAAAXXXX  NNNNLLLL____TTTTEEEEXXXXTTTTMMMMAAAAXXXX            ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN
  110.      LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG____BBBBIIIITTTT            NNNNZZZZEEEERRRROOOO                 ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____XXXXCCCCUUUU____VVVVEEEERRRRSSSSIIIIOOOONNNN
  111.      NNNNLLLL____AAAARRRRGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX           TTTTMMMMPPPP____MMMMAAAAXXXX               ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____XXXXPPPPGGGG2222
  112.      NNNNLLLL____LLLLAAAANNNNGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX          WWWWOOOORRRRDDDD____BBBBIIIITTTT              ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____XXXXPPPPGGGG3333
  113.      NNNNLLLL____MMMMAAAAXXXX              ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____CCCCRRRRYYYYPPPPTTTT          ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____XXXXPPPPGGGG4444
  114.      NNNNLLLL____MMMMSSSSGGGGMMMMAAAAXXXX           ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____EEEENNNNHHHH____IIII11118888NNNN       NNNNLLLL____SSSSEEEETTTTMMMMAAAAXXXX
  115.      ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____SSSSHHHHMMMM          AAAATTTTEEEEXXXXIIIITTTT____MMMMAAAAXXXX            PPPPAAAAGGGGEEEESSSSIIIIZZZZEEEE
  116.      ____XXXXOOOOPPPPEEEENNNN____UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX         IIIIOOOOVVVV____MMMMAAAAXXXX               PPPPAAAAGGGGEEEE____SSSSIIIIZZZZEEEE
  117.      KKKKEEEERRRRNNNN____PPPPOOOOIIIINNNNTTTTEEEERRRRSSSS       KKKKEEEERRRRNNNN____SSSSIIIIMMMM
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  119. EEEEXXXXIIIITTTT SSSSTTTTAAAATTTTUUUUSSSS
  120.      _gggg_eeee_tttt_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff exits with a status of greater than zero if any errors are
  121.      encountered, otherwise it exits with status 0.
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  129.                                                                         PPPPaaaaggggeeee 2222
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  136. GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))                                                          GGGGEEEETTTTCCCCOOOONNNNFFFF((((1111))))
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  140. SEE ALSO
  141.      _pppp_aaaa_tttt_hhhh_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(1), _ssss_yyyy_ssss_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(3C), _pppp_aaaa_tttt_hhhh_cccc_oooo_nnnn_ffff(2), _llll_iiii_mmmm_iiii_tttt_ssss(4)
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  195.                                                                         PPPPaaaaggggeeee 3333
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