From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 17 14:30:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA08332 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:30:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08064 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04483; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:29:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:29:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: David Wolfskill cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do we have/want getconf(1)? In-Reply-To: <199809171703.KAA17052@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, David Wolfskill wrote: > Saw a reference to getconf(1) on one of the other lists to which I'm > subscribed. Point was that since it's a command (vs. library function) > it's (relatively) easy to use in configuration scripts & the like. getconf is a Sun tool. About the best thing we have is 'dmesg > file; sysctl -a >> file; cat /etc/rc.conf >> file'. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message