GETCONF(1)

💖 GETCONF(1) — NAME 💖

okay so the manual name here is getconf and its whole job is to query system configuration variables (sysconf) ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

getconf -a

getconf [-v specification] system_var

getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the lowdown on what each piece does, bestie 🫶

• -a — this one is giving "show me everything" energy 😭 It displays all configuration variables for the current system and their values.
• -v — this one lets you pick the specification and version you want your config variables pulled from. 🦋
• system_var — a system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3). 💅
• path_var — a system configuration variable as defined by pathconf(3). Main character rule: this one must be used with a pathname 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

getconf was written by Roland McGrath for the GNU C Library, and that's literally iconic 💜

This man page was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system 🌈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

sysconf(3), pathconf(3), confstr(3) — go check these out if you're obsessed like me 🙈

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3rd Berkeley Distribution · June 13, 2010 · GETCONF(1) — bye bestie, you're literally going to slay with this now 🍓✨