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CONFSTR(3)                 Linux Programmer’s Manual                CONFSTR(3)



NAME
       confstr - get configuration dependent string variables

SYNOPSIS
       #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 2
       or
       #define _XOPEN_SOURCE
       #include <unistd.h>

       size_t confstr(int name, char *buf, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
       confstr() gets the value of configuration-dependent string variables.

       The  name  argument  is the system variable to be queried.  The following variables
       are supported:

       _CS_PATH
              A value for the PATH variable which indicates where all the POSIX.2 standard
              utilities can be found.

       If  buf  is not NULL, and len is not zero, confstr() copies the value of the string
       to buf truncated to len - 1 characters if necessary, with a null character as  ter-
       mination.   This can be detected by comparing the return value of confstr() against
       len.

       If len is zero and buf is NULL, confstr() just returns the value as defined  below.

RETURN VALUE
       If name does not correspond to a valid configuration variable, confstr() returns 0.

EXAMPLES
       The following code fragment determines the path where to find  the  POSIX.2  system
       utilities:

          char *pathbuf; size_t n;

          n = confstr(_CS_PATH,NULL,(size_t)0);
          if ((pathbuf = malloc(n)) == NULL) abort();
          confstr(_CS_PATH, pathbuf, n);

ERRORS
       If the value of name is invalid, errno is set to EINVAL.

CONFORMING TO
       proposed POSIX.2

BUGS
       POSIX.2 is not yet an approved standard; the information in this manpage is subject
       to change.

SEE ALSO
       sh(1), exec(3), system(3)



GNU                               1993-04-17                        CONFSTR(3)

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