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.TH "GETCONF" "1" "04/20/2025" "Cygwin Utilities" "Cygwin Utilities"
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.SH "NAME"
getconf \- Get configuration values
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgetconf\fR\ 'u
\fBgetconf\fR [\-v\ \fIspecification\fR] \fIvariable_name\fR [\fIpathname\fR]
.HP \w'\fBgetconf\fR\ 'u
\fBgetconf\fR \-a [\fIpathname\fR]
.HP \w'\fBgetconf\fR\ 'u
\fBgetconf\fR \-h | \-V 
.SH "OPTIONS"
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.nf
  \-v specification     Indicate specific version for which configuration
                       values shall be fetched\&.
  \-a, \-\-all            Print all known configuration values

Other options:

  \-h, \-\-help           This text
  \-V, \-\-version        Print program version and exit
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBgetconf\fR
utility prints the value of the configuration variable specified by
variable_name\&. If no
pathname
is given,
\fBgetconf\fR
serves as a wrapper for the
confstr
and
sysconf
functions, supporting the symbolic constants defined in the
limits\&.h
and
unistd\&.h
headers, without their respective
_CS_
or
_SC_
prefixes\&.
.PP
If
pathname
is given,
\fBgetconf\fR
prints the value of the configuration variable for the specified pathname\&. In this form,
\fBgetconf\fR
serves as a wrapper for the
pathconf
function, supporting the symbolic constants defined in the
unistd\&.h
header, without the
_PC_
prefix\&.
.PP
If you specify the
\-v
option, the parameter denotes a specification for which the value of the configuration variable should be printed\&. Note that the only specifications supported by Cygwin are
POSIX_V7_ILP32_OFFBIG
and the legacy
POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG
and
XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG
equivalents\&.
.PP
Use the
\-a
option to print a list of all available configuration variables for the system, or given
pathname, and their values\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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.PP
Copyright \(co Cygwin authors
.PP
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this documentation provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this documentation under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this documentation into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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