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37 .Nd get string-valued configurable variables
43 .Fn confstr "int name" "char *buf" "size_t len"
46 This interface is obsoleted by
52 function provides a method for applications to get configuration
53 defined string values.
57 argument specifies the system variable to be queried.
58 Symbolic constants for each name value are found in the include file
59 .Li \*[Lt]unistd.h\*[Gt] .
62 argument specifies the size of the buffer referenced by the
69 is a non-null pointer, and
73 \- 1 bytes of the value are copied into the buffer
75 The copied value is always null terminated.
77 The available values are as follows:
79 .Bl -tag -width "123456"
81 Return a value for the
83 environment variable that finds all the standard utilities.
88 is not successful, 0 is returned and
91 Otherwise, if the variable does not have a configuration defined value,
95 Otherwise, the buffer size needed to hold the entire configuration-defined
97 If this size is greater than the argument
105 function may fail and set
107 for any of the errors specified for the library functions
112 In addition, the following errors may be reported:
129 function first appeared in
132 The standards require us to return 0 both on errors, and when the value