not that I'm addressing this with the getconf builtin, I'm trying to get the big picture of why one system would have multiple /usr/*/bin/getconf
I had viewed getconf(1) as a name (string) interface to { sysconf pathconf confstr } that provides limits and capabilities for user applications can the values that change between /usr/*/bin/getconf's be neatly classified/categorized for my big picture? would it be only the static minmax values that change? -- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --