MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

getconf(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities getconf(1)
NAME
getconf — display POSIX configuration information
SYNOPSIS
getconf parameter_name [pathname]
DESCRIPTION
getconf writes the value of a configuration variable to the standard output. getconf dis-
plays numeric values in decimal format and non-numeric values as simple strings. If the value
is undefined, getconf displays it as the string undefined.
The following are
POSIX.1 standard parameter_names that require a pathname.
LINK_MAX
maximum number of links that this file can have.
MAX_CANON
maximum number of bytes in the terminal’s canonical input queue (before
line editing).
MAX_INPUT
space available in terminal input queue.
NAME_MAX
largest file name size.
PATH_MAX
number of bytes in a path name.
PIPE_BUF
largest atomic write to a pipe.
_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED
restrictions apply to file ownership changes.
_POSIX_NO_TRUNC
if set, it is error for any path name component to be longer than NAME_MAX
bytes.
_POSIX_VDISABLE
processes are allowed to disable terminal special characters.
The following are
POSIX.1 standard names which do not require a pathname.
ARG_MAX
maximum length of arguments for running a program, including environ-
ment.
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