NAME

sysconf - sysconf system call interface utility

SYNOPSIS

sysconf [OPTIONS] [NAME ...]

DESCRIPTION

Report sysconf, pathconf, and confstr system variables. Variable names from the sysconf(3) call start with ``_SC''. Variable names from the pathconf(3) call start with ``_PC''. Variable names from the confstr(3) call start with ``_CS''. To see a full list of available variable names, use the --all option.

-l, --all: Output a full list of all the known system variables. For pathconf(3) variables, you will need to include the --path option.
-p FILENAME, --path=FILENAME: When reporting pathconf(3) variables, use FILENAME as the path reference during the system call.
-v, --verbose: Output the variable name along with the value.
-h, --help: Display this help and exit.
-V, --version: Output version information exit.

AUTHOR

Written by Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>.

EXAMPLE

If you wanted to use all your CPUs when building something with make(1), you could examine the _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN variable and pass it to make(1)'s -j option:

make -j`sysconf sc_nprocessors_onln`

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs via http://sourceforge.net/projects/sysconf/.