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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53622f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3 @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sysconf.3 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt SYSCONF 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm sysconf +.Nd get configurable system variables +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft long +.Fn sysconf "int name" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +This interface is defined by +.St -p1003.1-88 . +A far more complete interface is available using +.Xr sysctl 3 . +.Pp +The +.Fn sysconf +function provides a method for applications to determine the current +value of a configurable system limit or option variable. +The +.Fa name +argument specifies the system variable to be queried. +Symbolic constants for each name value are found in the include file +.Li <unistd.h> . +.Pp +The available values are as follows: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "123456" +.Pp +.It Li _SC_ARG_MAX +The maximum bytes of argument to +.Xr exec 2 . +.It Li _SC_CHILD_MAX +The maximum number of simultaneous processes per user id. +.It Li _SC_CLK_TCK +Number of micro-seconds per hz tick. +.It Li _SC_NGROUPS_MAX +The maximum number of supplemental groups. +.It Li _SC_OPEN_MAX +The maximum number of open files per user id. +.It Li _SC_STREAM_MAX +The minimum maximum number of streams that a process may have open +at any one time. +.It Li _SC_TZNAME_MAX +The minimum maximum number of types supported for the name of a +timezone. +.It Li _SC_JOB_CONTROL +Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_SAVED_IDS +Returns 1 if saved set-group and saved set-user ID is available, +otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_VERSION +The version of ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX 1003.1) with which the system +attempts to comply. +.It Li _SC_BC_BASE_MAX +The maximum ibase/obase values in the +.Xr bc 1 +utility. +.It Li _SC_BC_DIM_MAX +The maximum array size in the +.Xr bc 1 +utility. +.It Li _SC_BC_SCALE_MAX +The maximum scale value in the +.Xr bc 1 +utility. +.It Li _SC_BC_STRING_MAX +The maximum string length in the +.Xr bc 1 +utility. +.It Li _SC_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX +The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to any entry of +the LC_COLLATE order keyword in the locale definition file. +.It Li _SC_EXPR_NEST_MAX +The maximum number of expressions that can be nested within +parenthesis by the +.Xr expr 1 +utility. +.It Li _SC_LINE_MAX +The maximum length in bytes of a text-processing utility's input +line. +.It Li _SC_RE_DUP_MAX +The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression +permitted when using interval notation. +.It Li _SC_2_VERSION +The version of POSIX 1003.2 with which the system attempts to comply. +.It Li _SC_2_C_BIND +Return 1 if the system's C-language development facilities support the +C-Language Bindings Option, otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_C_DEV +Return 1 if the system supports the C-Language Development Utilities Option, +otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_CHAR_TERM +Return 1 if the system supports at least one terminal type capable of +all operations described in POSIX 1003.2, otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_FORT_DEV +Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Development Utilities Option, +otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_FORT_RUN +Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Runtime Utilities Option, +otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_LOCALEDEF +Return 1 if the system supports the creation of locales, otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_SW_DEV +Return 1 if the system supports the Software Development Utilities Option, +otherwise \-1. +.It Li _SC_2_UPE +Return 1 if the system supports the User Portability Utilities Option, +otherwise \-1. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If the call to +.Nm sysconf +is not successful, \-1 is returned and +.Va errno +is set appropriately. +Otherwise, if the variable is associated with functionality that is not +supported, \-1 is returned and +.Va errno +is not modified. +Otherwise, the current variable value is returned. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn sysconf +function may fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the library functions +.Xr sysctl 3 . +In addition, the following error may be reported: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value of the +.Fa name +argument is invalid. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sysctl 3 +.Sh BUGS +The value for _SC_STREAM_MAX is a minimum maximum, and required to be +the same as ANSI C's FOPEN_MAX, so the returned value is a ridiculously +small and misleading number. +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn sysconf +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-88 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm sysconf +function first appeared in 4.4BSD. |
