{
  "name": "getconf",
  "section": 1,
  "title": "get configuration values",
  "synopsis": ["getconf [-a] system_var"],
  "description": "Prints a fixed subset of POSIX-style limit names and values for Bare OS. There is no host sysconf path; constants match the documented JavaScript/VFS environment.",
  "options": [
    {
      "flag": "-a",
      "meaning": "Write every known variable (each name on one line, value on the next)"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "getconf",
    "limits",
    "PATH_MAX",
    "POSIX",
    "bare-os",
    "coreutils"
  ],
  "environment": [
    "BARE_OS_YES_MAX_LINES — max lines yes prints (host passthrough overrides default)",
    "BARE_OS_SHUF_MAX_LINES — max lines shuf holds in memory",
    "BARE_OS_SPLIT_MAX_FILES — max output files split may create",
    "BARE_OS_FIND_EXEC_MAX — max find -exec/-ok invocations per run (also in table)"
  ],
  "bareOsNotes": "Subset only; unknown names fail with exit status 1. See src/getconf.js for the name table. BARE_OS_NPROC overrides /bin/nproc when passed from the host (see docs/reference/environment-and-posix-appendix.md §14).",
  "examples": [
    {
      "caption": "path length limit",
      "code": "getconf PATH_MAX"
    },
    {
      "caption": "list known names and values",
      "code": "getconf -a"
    }
  ]
}