getconf

"getconf" returns the value of certain system variables. According to the man page (which you may not have on your system) it queries system configuration variables which are either:

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Qwest VS. Verizon: One More Round For MCI

MCI stockholder are having problems with the Verizon bid to take over the telecommunications company. Several leading shareholders are urging Qwest not to give up the fight quite so easily. With a $1.3 billion in difference between the two bids, this fight isn't over.

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War Rages On Over Judicial Filibuster in Senate

The parties line up their artillery as the Senate draws closer to the nuclear option. The president has renominated several candidates for judgeships who were filibustered in his first term and Senate Democrats say they will filibuster them again.

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