getconf default output

James Antill james@and.org
Wed Sep 1 14:39:00 GMT 2004


Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:

> The only thing I could agree on is if somebody provides a patch which
> causes the program to print each name it knows *PLUS* a description of
> what it means.  But even that better belongs into the manual.  So, any
> energy somebody is willing to spend is best directed towards good and
> up-to-date documentation.

 What about having a special variable ALL, so you could do...

% getconf ALL .

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