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VARSYM(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		     VARSYM(1)

NAME
     varsym — get and set user and system-wide variables for variant symlinks

SYNOPSIS
     varsym [-adpqsu] [var[=data] ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The varsym program manages user and system-wide variables.	 These vari‐
     ables are typically used by the system to resolve variant symlinks but
     may also be used generally.

     For each operand set, modify, retrieve, or delete the specified variable.
     By default variables specified without data are retrieved and variables
     specified with data are set.  Variables may be set to empty.

     -a		   List all variables at the specified level.  Note that per-
		   process variables override per-user variables and per-user
		   variables override system-wide variables.  By default, per-
		   user variables are listed.

     -d		   Delete mode.	 The specified variables are deleted.  Any
		   specified data is ignored.

     -p		   This option causes variables to be set on a per-process
		   basis and restricts retrievals to process-specific vari‐
		   ables.  Note that since varsym is run as its own process,
		   using this option to set a variable will not affect your
		   shell's namespace.

     -q		   Quiet mode.	When retrieving a variable only its data is
		   printed.

     -s		   This option causes variables to be set system-wide and
		   restricts retrievals to system-specific variables.

     -u		   This option causes variables to be set on a per-user-id
		   basis and restricts retrievals to user-specific variables.
		   This is the default.

DIAGNOSTICS
     The varsym utility exits with one of the following values:

     0	     No errors occurred.

     1	     A requested variable could not be found

     2	     A requested variable could not be set

SEE ALSO
     ln(1), varsym(2), varsym.conf(5)

BSD			      September 27, 2009			   BSD

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