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setconf

Set a configuration string (QNX)

You must be logged in as root to use this utility.

Syntax:

setconf variable_name string ...

Options:

variable_name

The variable to set; see <pathconf.h>. The most useful variables are:

• _CS_ARCHITECTURE
• _CS_DOMAIN
• _CS_HOSTNAME

  ---

  A hostname can consist only of letters, numbers, and hyphens, and must not start or end with a hyphen. For more information, see RFC 952. If you change this configuration string, be sure you also change the HOSTNAME environment variable. The hostname utility always gives the value of the _CS_HOSTNAME configuration string.

  ---

• _CS_HW_PROVIDER
• _CS_HW_SERIAL
• _CS_LIBPATH
• _CS_LOCALE
• _CS_MACHINE
• _CS_PATH
• _CS_RELEASE
• _CS_RESOLVE
• _CS_SRPC_DOMAIN
• _CS_SYSNAME
• _CS_TIMEZONE
• _CS_VERSION

string

The new value for the variable.

Description:

This utility sets a variable that's used for configuration information. For more information, see the documentation for getconf.

See also:

getconf

confstr(), pathconf(), sysconf() in the Library Reference

"Configuration strings" in the Configuring Your Environment chapter of the Neutrino User's Guide