Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:55:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Sysdef Command not avaliable?
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Igor Peshansky wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, neo napster wrote:
>
> > In Unix, we have sysdef command to know the
> > system wide defined values with sysdef command.
> >
> > Can I know what is similiar command in Cygwin?
>
> I don't know of a similar command in Cygwin.
>
> > Or how would I get to know system wide defined values
> > in Cygwin?
>
> Some of these values can be found by looking through the header files, or
> using other tools, like bash's ulimit builtin.  If you give more specifics
> on the values that you want to know, people here can give you better
> pointers on where to find them.  Theoretically, someone[*] can patch
> cygcheck to produce a sysdef-style report, but
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI>.
> HTH,
> 	Igor
> [*] That someone could be you.  <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.

Forgot: much of the system information is also available via the /proc
virtual directory tree.
	Igor
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