Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

User Commands (g - j) getconf(1)
POSIX_VERSION
The date of approval of the most current version of the POSIX 1 standard that the sys-
tem 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_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 sys-
tem 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.
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