On 2019-09-15 1:23 p.m., Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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. how about cheating a little sysctl -r "^-4711" --system only apply the parameter named "-4711" (don't expect that to be a valid parameter name) but still show the paths examined an ugly way to do it - which I can't recommend, run it as a normal user and ignore the errors su peters -c "/usr/sbin/sysctl --system" 2>/dev/null /ps
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