The
system_var
argument specifies the system variable to be queried.
The names of the system variables are from
sysconf(3)
with the leading
``_SC_
''
removed.
The
path_var
argument specifies the pathname variable to be queried for the specified
pathname
argument.
The names of the pathname variables are from
pathconf(2)
with the leading
``_PC_
''
removed.
When invoked with the option -a, getconf writes a list of all applicable variables and their values to the standard output, in the format ``name = value.''