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* utils.sgml (getconf): Expand documentation.

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2011-10-11 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* utils.sgml (getconf): Expand documentation.
2011-10-10 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* ldd.cc (VERSION): Remove.

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<para>The <command>getconf</command> utility prints the value of the
configuration variable specified by <literal>variable_name</literal>.
If <literal>pathname</literal> is given, <command>getconf</command> prints
the value of the configuration variable for the specified pathname.</para>
If no <literal>pathname</literal> is given, <command>getconf</command>
serves as a wrapper for the <literal>confstr</literal> and
<literal>sysconf</literal> functions, supporting the symbolic constants
defined in the <literal>limits.h</literal> and <literal>unistd.h</literal>
headers, without their respective <literal>_CS_</literal> or
<literal>_SC_</literal> prefixes.
</para>
<para>If <literal>pathname</literal> is given, <command>getconf</command>
prints the value of the configuration variable for the specified pathname.
In this form, <command>getconf</command> serves as a wrapper for the
<literal>pathconf</literal> function, supporting the symbolic constants defined
in the <literal>unistd.h</literal> header, without the <literal>_PC_</literal>
prefix. </para>
<para>If you specify the <literal>-v</literal> option, the parameter
denotes a specification for which the value of the configuration variable
should be printed.</para>
should be printed. Note that the only specifications supported by Cygwin
are <literal>POSIX_V7_ILP32_OFFBIG</literal> and the legacy
<literal>POSIX_V6_ILP32_OFFBIG</literal> and
<literal>XBS5_ILP32_OFFBIG</literal> equivalents.</para>
<para>Use the <literal>-a</literal> option to print a list of all available
configuration variables.</para>
configuration variables for the system, or given <literal>pathname</literal>,
and their values.</para>
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