1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.\" $FreeBSD$ 26.\" 27.Dd September 13, 2005 28.Dt KENV 1 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm kenv 32.Nd dump or modify the kernel environment 33.Sh SYNOPSIS 34.Nm 35.Op Fl hq 36.Nm 37.Op Fl q 38.Ar variable Ns Op = Ns Ar value 39.Nm 40.Op Fl q 41.Fl u 42.Ar variable 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46utility will dump the kernel environment if 47invoked without arguments. 48If the 49.Fl h 50option is specified, it will limit the report to kernel probe hints. 51If an optional 52.Ar variable 53name is specified, 54.Nm 55will only report that value. 56If the 57.Fl u 58option is specified, 59.Nm 60will delete the given environment variable. 61If the environment variable is followed by an optional 62.Ar value , 63.Nm 64will set the environment variable to this value. 65.Pp 66If the 67.Fl q 68option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to 69perform the requested operation will be suppressed. 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr kenv 2 , 72.Xr loader 8 73.Sh HISTORY 74The 75.Nm 76utility appeared in 77.Fx 4.1.1 . 78