.TH SYSENV 1 .SH NAME sysenv \- request system boot parameter .SH SYNOPSIS .B sysenv .I boot-variable .SH DESCRIPTION .B Sysenv requests the value of a boot variable. For example .B "sysenv\ memsize" returns the number of kilobytes of "normal" memory. Note that some parameters have undergone "device translation" from a device name to a decimal device number. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sysenv (2), .BR monitor (8), .BR boot (8). .SH DIAGNOSTICS Exit code 0 with the variable's value printed to standard output if the variable exists in the boot environment, exit code 2 if the variable is not set, and exit code 1 with an appropriate error message for any kind of error. .SH BUGS Can't be used to list the entire environment. .SH AUTHOR Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)