+\fBAmgetconf\fR
+has three main jobs:
+to fetch configuration information from the Amanda configuration; to fetch build\-time configuration values; and to open and close debug logs for shell scripts\&. Each is treated in its own subsection, below\&.
+.PP
+If
+\fIconfig\fR
+is not specified,
+\fBamgetconf\fR
+assumes it is being run from the configuration directory and that
+\fIamanda\&.conf\fR
+is present\&. The order of options and arguments does not matter\&.
+\fIparameter\fR
+is always case\-insensitive, and \'\-\' and \'_\' are treated as identical, just as in
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
+.PP
+See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+\fBamanda\fR(8)
+for information on the
+\-o
+option\&.
+.SS "AMANDA CONFIGURATION"
+.PP
+If
+\fIparameter\fR
+is a configuration keyword (from
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)), then amgetconf will return the corresponding value\&. For keywords which can take multiple values, amgetconf will return all values, one on each line\&.
+.PP
+Values in configuration subsections are specified with parameters of the form
+TYPE:NAME:PARAMETER, where
+TYPE
+is the subsection type (one of
+dumptype,
+tapetype,
+interface,
+holdingdisk,
+application\-tool, or
+script\-tool;
+NAME
+is the name of the subsection (e\&.g\&.,
+user\-tar), and
+PARAMETER
+is the name of the disired parameter within that subsection\&.
+.PP
+The
+\-\-list
+option lists the subsections of a certain type, where the type is givein as the parameter\&.
+.PP
+The
+\-\-client
+option is equivalent to
+\-\-execute\-where server
+(below)\&.
+.PP
+The
+\-\-execute\-where
+option tells amgetconf whether to operate on the client or the server; the server is the default\&.
+.SS "BUILD CONFIGURATION"
+.PP
+If
+\fIparameter\fR
+begins with
+build\&., then the following name is a build environment variable\&. Variables without a value (e\&.g\&.
+XFSDUMP
+on a system that does not support that type of file system) will not report an error and will return an empty string as the value\&. Some boolean variables (e\&.g\&.
+\fIUSE_AMANDAHOSTS\fR) will return
+1
+if the flag is set or an empty string if it is not, while others return
+yes
+or
+no, as indicated below (the difference is historical)\&.
+.PP
+Combining the
+\-\-list
+option with the parameter
+build
+will enumerate all available build parameters\&.
+.PP
+\fBBuild Parameters\fR
+.PP
+bindir, sbindir, libexecdir, mandir
+.RS 4
+Install directories
+.RE
+.PP
+AMANDA_TMPDIR, CONFIG_DIR, AMANDA_DBGDIR, GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR
+.RS 4
+Runtime directories
+.RE
+.PP
+listed_inc_dir
+.RS 4
+Same as
+GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR
+.RE
+.PP
+CC, VERSION, ASSERTIONS, LOCKING
+.RS 4
+Build information\&.
+ASSERTIONS
+is 1 or empty\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+DUMP, RESTORE, VDUMP, VRESTORE, XFSDUMP, XFSRESTORE, VXDUMP, VXRESTORE, SAMBA_CLIENT, GNUTAR, STAR, COMPRESS_PATH, UNCOMPRESS_PATH
+.RS 4
+Paths to various utility progarms (empty if they are not found or not used)
+.RE
+.PP
+AIX_BACKUP
+.RS 4
+Is
+DUMP
+the AIX backup program? (empty or 1)
+.RE