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getconf(1)
NAME
getconf - Displays system configuration variable values
SYNOPSIS
getconf system_configuration
getconf path_configuration pathname
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
as follows:
getconf: XPG4, XPG4-UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
None
OPERANDS
system_configuration
Name of a system-wide configuration variable:
path_configuration
Name of a system path-configuration variable.
pathname
A path name for the path_configuration variable.
DESCRIPTION
The system_configuration argument specifies system-configuration variables
whose values are valid throughout the system. There are two kinds of
system-wide configuration values:
· System-wide configuration variables
· System standards configuration variables
The path_configuration argument specifies system path-configuration
variables whose values contain information about paths and the path
structure in the system.
System-Wide Configuration Variables
System-wide configuration variables contain the minimum values met
throughout all portions of the system. The following list defines the
system-wide configuration variables used with the getconf command:
ARG_MAX
The maximum length, in bytes, of the arguments for one of the exec
functions, including environment data.
ATEXIT_MAX
[XPG4-UNIX] The maximum number of functions that can be registered
with atexit() per process.
BC_BASE_MAX
The maximum value allowed for the obase variable with the bc command.
BC_DIM_MAX
The maximum number of elements permitted in an array by the bc command.
BC_SCALE_MAX
The maximum value allowed for the scale variable with the bc command.
BC_STRING_MAX
The maximum length of string constants accepted by the bc command.
CHARCLASS_NAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a character class name.
CHAR_BIT
Number of bits in a type of char.
CHAR_MAX
The maximum value of a type char.
CHAR_MIN
The minimum value of a type char.
CHILD_MAX
The maximum number of simultaneous processes for each real user ID.
CLK_TCK
The number of clock ticks per second. The value of CLK_TCK may be
variable, and it should not be assumed that CLK_TCK is a compile-time
constant.
COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX
The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to an entry in the
LC_COLLATE locale-dependent information in a locale-definition file.
CS_PATH
A value for the PATH environment variable that finds all standard
utilities.
DATAKEYS_MAX
[Tru64 UNIX] The maximum number of data keys that may be created per
process.
EXPR_NEST_MAX
The maximum number of expressions that can be nested within parentheses
by the expr command.
INT_MAX
The maximum value of an int.
INT_MIN
The minimum value of an int.
LINE_MAX
The maximum length, in bytes, of a command's input line (either
standard input or another file) when the utility is described as
processing text files. The length includes room for the trailing
newline character.
LONG_BIT
Number of bits in a long int.
LONG_MAX
The maximum value of a long int.
LONG_MIN
The minimum value of a long int.
MB_LEN_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a character for any supported locale.
NGROUPS_MAX
The maximum number of simultaneous supplementary group IDs for each
process.
NL_ARGMAX
The maximum value of digit in calls to the printf() and scanf()
functions.
NL_LANGMAX
The maximum number of bytes in a LANG name.
NL_MSGMAX
The maximum message number.
NL_NMAX
[Tru64 UNIX] The maximum number of bytes in an N-to-1 collation
mapping.
NL_SETMAX
The maximum set number.
NL_TEXTMAX
The maximum number of bytes in a message string.
NZERO
Default process priority.
OPEN_MAX
The maximum number of files that one process can have open at one time.
PAGE_SIZE
[XPG4-UNIX] The page size granularity for memory regions.
PASS_MAX
[Tru64 UNIX] The maximum number of characters returned by getpass()
(not including terminating null).
PATH
A value for the PATH environment variable that finds all standard
utilities.
PRODUCT_NAME
[Tru64 UNIX] The official name of the installed operating system
product.
RE_DUP_MAX
The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression
permitted when using the interval-notation parameters, such as the m
and n parameters with the ed command.
SCHAR_MAX
The maximum value of a type signed char.
SCHAR_MIN
The minimum value of a type signed char.
SHRT_MAX
The maximum value of a type short.
SHRT_MIN
The minimum value of a type short.
SSIZE_MAX
The maximum value that can be stored in an object of type ssize_t.
STREAM_MAX
The number of streams that one process can have open at one time.
SYSTEM_BANNER
[Tru64 UNIX] The official system banner. The banner typically consists
of the vendor name followed by the product name.
SYSTEM_VERSION
[Tru64 UNIX] The product version information.
TMP_MAX
The minimum number of unique path names generated by tmpnam(). Maximum
number of times an application can call tmpnam() reliably.
TZNAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes supported for the name of a time zone (not
the length of the TZ environmental variable).
UCHAR_MAX
The maximum value of a type unsigned char.
UINT_MAX
The maximum value of a type unsigned int.
ULONG_MAX
The maximum value of a type unsigned long int.
USHRT_MAX
The maximum value of a type unsigned short int.
VENDOR_ABBREV
[Tru64 UNIX] The official abbreviated company name of the operating
system manufacturer. If no value was specified for this variable, the
VENDOR_NAME value is returned.
VENDOR_NAME
[Tru64 UNIX] The official company name of the operating system
manufacturer.
WORD_BIT
Number of bits in a word or type int.
System Standards Configuration Variables
System standards configuration variables contain the minimum values
required by a particular system standard. The prefixes _POSIX_, POSIX2_,
_XOPEN, and _AES indicate that the variable contains the minimum value for
a system characteristic required by the POSIX 1003.1 (POSIX.1), POSIX
1003.2 (POSIX.2), X/Open, and the Open Software Foundation's AES system
standards, respectively. System standards are system-wide minimums that the
system meets to support the particular system standard. Actual
configuration values may exceed these standards. The system standards
configuration variables for the getconf command are defined as follows:
_AES_OS_VERSION
[Tru64 UNIX] The integer value indicating the revision of the
Application Environment Specification to which the implementation is
compliant.
_POSIX_ARG_MAX
The length of the arguments for one of the exec functions, in bytes,
including environment data.
_POSIX_CHILD_MAX
The maximum number of simultaneous processes for each real user ID.
_POSIX_JOB_CONTROL
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports job control;
otherwise, the variable is undefined.
_POSIX_LINK_MAX
The maximum value of a file's link count.
_POSIX_MAX_CANON
The maximum number of bytes in a terminal canonical input queue.
_POSIX_MAX_INPUT
The maximum number of bytes for which space will be available in a
terminal input queue.
_POSIX_NAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a file name.
_POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX
The maximum number of simultaneous supplementary group IDs for each
process.
_POSIX_OPEN_MAX
The maximum number of files that one process can have open at one time.
_POSIX_PATH_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a path name.
_POSIX_PIPE_BUF
The maximum number of bytes that can be written atomically when writing
to a pipe.
_POSIX_REENTRANT_FUNCTIONS
[Tru64 UNIX] This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports
POSIX reentrant functions; otherwise, the variable is undefined.
_POSIX_SAVED_IDS
This variable has a value of 1 if each process has a saved set-user-ID
and a saved set-group-ID; otherwise, the variable is undefined.
_POSIX_SSIZE_MAX
The maximum value that can be stored in an object of type ssize_t.
_POSIX_STREAM_MAX
The number of streams that one process can have open at one time.
_POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE
[Tru64 UNIX] This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the
POSIX threads stack size attribute; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
_POSIX_THREADS
[Tru64 UNIX] This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports
POSIX threads; otherwise, the variable is undefined.
_POSIX_TZNAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes supported for the name of a time zone (not
the length of the TZ environmental variable).
_POSIX_VERSION
The date of approval of the most current version of the POSIX.1
standard that the system supports. The date is a 6-digit number, with
the first 4 digits signifying the year and the last 2 digits the month.
Different versions of the POSIX.1 standard are periodically approved by
the IEEE Standards Board, and the date of approval is used to
distinguish between different versions.
POSIX2_BC_BASE_MAX
The maximum value allowed for the obase variable with the bc command.
POSIX2_BC_DIM_MAX
The maximum number of elements permitted in an array by the bc command.
POSIX2_BC_SCALE_MAX
The maximum value allowed for the scale variable with the bc command.
POSIX2_BC_STRING_MAX
The maximum length string constants accepted by the bc command.
POSIX2_CHAR_TERM
One or more terminal types capable of all operations described in
ISO/IEC 9945. This value need not be present on a system not supporting
the User Portability Utilities Option.
POSIX2_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX
The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to an entry of the
LC_COLLATE locale variable in a locale-definition file.
POSIX2_EXPR_NEST_MAX
The maximum number of expressions that can be nested within parentheses
by the expr command.
POSIX2_LINE_MAX
The maximum length, in bytes, of a command's input line (either
standard input or another file) when the utility is described as
processing text files. The length includes room for the trailing
newline character.
POSIX2_LOCALEDEF
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the creation of
new locales with the localedef command; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX
The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression
permitted when using the interval-notation parameters, such as the m
and n parameters with the ed command.
POSIX2_UPE
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the User
Portability Utilities Option; otherwise, the variable has a value of 0
(zero).
POSIX2_VERSION
The date of approval of the most current version of the POSIX.2
standard that the system supports. The date is a 6-digit number, with
the first 4 digits signifying the year and the last 2 digits the month.
Different versions of the POSIX.2 standard are periodically approved by
the IEEE Standards Board, and the date of approval is used to
distinguish between different versions.
POSIX2_C_BIND
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the optional C
Language Development Facilities specified by POSIX.2 and the optional C
Language Bindings Option from POSIX.2; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
POSIX2_C_DEV
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the optional C
Language Development Utilities from POSIX.2; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
POSIX2_C_VERSION
This value indicates the version of the interfaces described in the C-
Language Bindings Option section of the XPG4 standard. This value
changes with each published version of ISO/IEC 9945 to indicate the 4-
digit year and 2-digit month that the standard was approved by the IEEE
Standards Board.
POSIX2_FORT_DEV
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN
Development Utilities Option from POSIX.2; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
POSIX2_FORT_RUN
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN
Runtime Utilities Option from POSIX.2; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
POSIX2_SW_DEV
This variable has a value of 1 if the system supports the Software
Development Utilities Option from POSIX.2; otherwise, the variable is
undefined.
_XOPEN_CRYPT
This variable has a value other than -1 if the implementation supports
the X/Open Encryption Feature Group.
_XOPEN_ENH_I18N
This variable has a value other than -1 if the implementation supports
the X/Open Enhanced Internationalization Feature Group.
_XOPEN_SHM
This variable has a value other than -1 if the implementation supports
the X/Open Shared Memory Feature Group.
_XOPEN_VERSION
An integer indicating the most current version of the X/OPEN standard
that the system supports.
_XOPEN_XCU_VERSION
An integer value indicating the version of the XCU specification to
which the implementation conforms. If the value is -1, no commands and
utilities are provided on the implementation.
_XOPEN_XPG2
This variable is defined only if the implementation supports the X/Open
Portability Guide, Volume 2, January 1987, XVS System Calls and
Libraries.
_XOPEN_XPG3
This variable is defined only if the implementation supports the X/Open
Specification, February 1992, System Interfaces and Headers, Issue 3.
_XOPEN_XPG4
This variable is defined only if the implementation supports the X/Open
CAE Specification, July 1992, Systems Interfaces and Headers, Issue 4.
System Path Configuration Variables
LINK_MAX
The maximum value of a file's link count. If the pathname argument
refers to a directory, the value returned applies to the directory
itself.
MAX_CANON
The maximum number of bytes in a terminal canonical input queue. If the
pathname argument does not specify a terminal file, the getconf command
exits with a nonzero value.
MAX_INPUT
The maximum number of bytes for which space will be available in a
terminal input queue. If the pathname argument does not specify a
terminal file, the getconf command exits with a nonzero value.
NAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a file name. If the pathname argument
specifies a directory, the value returned applies to the file names
within the directory.
PATH_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a path name. If the pathname argument
specifies a directory, the value returned is the maximum length of a
relative path name when the specified directory is the working
directory.
PIPE_BUF
The maximum number of bytes that can be written atomically when writing
to a pipe. If the pathname argument specifies a FIFO or a pipe, the
value returned applies to that object. If the pathname argument
specifies a directory, the value returned applies to any FIFO created
in that directory. If the pathname argument does not specify a
directory or a FIFO file, the getconf command exits with a nonzero
value.
_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED
This variable has a value of 1 when the use of the chown function is
restricted to a process with appropriate privileges and the group ID of
a file can only be changed to the effective group ID of the process or
to one of its supplementary group IDs. If the variable is undefined, it
varies in the system, depending upon the path.
_POSIX_NO_TRUNC
This variable has a value of 1 when path names longer than the limit
specified by the NAME_MAX variable will generate an error. If the
variable is undefined, it varies in the system, depending upon the
path.
_POSIX_VDISABLE
When this variable has a value of 1, terminal special characters, which
are defined in the <termios.h> header file, can be disabled. If the
pathname argument does not specify a terminal file, the getconf command
will exit with a nonzero value.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 The specified variable is valid and information about its current state
has been displayed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.
EXAMPLES
1. To display the value of the ARG_MAX environment variable, enter:
getconf ARG_MAX
2. To display the value of the PATH_MAX environmental variable for the
/usr directory, enter:
getconf PATH_MAX /usr
This sequence returns the following message:
The value of PATH_MAX in /usr is 1023
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of getconf:
LANG
Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that
are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value
from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization
variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of
the variables had been defined.
LC_ALL
If set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the
other internationalization variables.
LC_CTYPE
Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of
text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to
multibyte characters in arguments).
LC_MESSAGES
Determines the locale for the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error.
NLSPATH
Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of
LC_MESSAGES.
FILES
/usr/include/limits.h
Defines system configuration variables.
/usr/include/unistd.h
Defines system configuration variables.
/usr/include/termio.h
Defines terminal characteristics.
SEE ALSO
Commands: env(1)
Functions: pathconf(2)
Routines: confstr(3), sysconf(3)
Environment: environ(5)
Standards: standards(5)
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