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Re: what is the (sysctl?) command to simply list the files being consulted?

  • Subject: Re: what is the (sysctl?) command to simply list the files being consulted?
  • From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 13:23:44 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 15 Sep 2019, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   i know from all the docs that you can set sysctl variables in a
> variety of places, including /usr/lib/sysctl.d, /etc/sysctl.d and so
> on ... what is the command to simply *display* the order of file
> consultation without actually processing the files?
>
>   i could *swear* i found a command to do that a couple weeks ago, now
> i've simply forgotten it. thoughts?

  i may have misremembered ... "sysctl --system" does show that
information but also tries to apply all the settings it finds. i was
after something just like that that did not actually process the
files, just printed them out.

rday

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