HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

sysdef(1M) sysdef(1M)

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NAME

sysdef - display system deﬁnition

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/sysdef

[kernel [master]]

DESCRIPTION

Note:

sysdef will not be supported in future releases of HP-UX. So users are advised to use the

kctune(1M) utility which provides additional information on kernel tunable parameters.

The command

sysdef analyzes the currently running system and reports on its tunable conﬁguration

parameters. kernel and master are not used, but can be speciﬁed for standards compliance.

For each conﬁguration parameter, the following information is printed:

NAME The name and description of the parameter.

VALUE The current value of the parameter.

BOOT The value of the parameter at boot time, if different from the current value.

MIN The minimum allowed value of the parameter, if any.

MAX The maximum allowed value of the parameter, if any.

UNITS Where appropriate, the units by which the parameter is measured.

FLAGS Flags that further describe the parameter. The following ﬂag is deﬁned:

M Parameter can be modiﬁed without rebooting.

WARNINGS

Users of

sysdef must not rely on the exact ﬁeld widths and spacing of its output, as these will vary

depending on the system, the release of HP-UX, and the data to be displayed.