+<para>If <emphasis remap='I'>parameter</emphasis> is a configuration
+keyword (from <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>amanda.conf</refentrytitle>
+<manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>), then amgetconf will return
+the corresponding value. For keywords which can take multiple values,
+amgetconf will return all values, one on each line.</para>
+
+<para>Values in configuration subsections are specified with
+parameters of the form <literal>TYPE:NAME:PARAMETER</literal>,
+where <literal>TYPE</literal> is the subsection type (one
+of <literal>dumptype</literal>, <literal>tapetype</literal>,
+<literal>interface</literal>, <literal>holdingdisk</literal>,
+<literal>application-tool</literal>, or <literal>script-tool</literal>;
+<literal>NAME</literal> is the name of the subsection (e.g.,
+<literal>user-tar</literal>), and <literal>PARAMETER</literal> is
+the name of the disired parameter within that subsection.</para>
+
+<para>The <literal>--list</literal> option lists the subsections of
+a certain type, where the type is givein as the parameter.</para>
+
+<para>The <literal>--client</literal> option is equivalent to
+<literal>--execute-where server</literal> (below).</para>
+
+<para>The <literal>--execute-where</literal> option tells amgetconf whether
+to operate on the client or the server; the server is the default.</para>
+
+</refsect2>
+
+<refsect2><title>BUILD CONFIGURATION</title>
+
+<para>If <emphasis remap='I'>parameter</emphasis> begins
+with <literal>build.</literal>, then the following name is a
+build environment variable. Variables without a value (e.g.
+<literal>XFSDUMP</literal> 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. <emphasis
+remap='I'>USE_AMANDAHOSTS</emphasis>) will return <literal>1</literal>
+if the flag is set or an empty string if it is not, while others
+return <literal>yes</literal> or <literal>no</literal>, as indicated
+below (the difference is historical).</para>
+
+<para>Combining the <literal>--list</literal> option with the parameter
+<literal>build</literal> will enumerate all available build parameters.</para>
+
+<variablelist><title>Build Parameters</title>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>bindir</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>sbindir</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>libexecdir</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>mandir</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Install directories</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>AMANDA_TMPDIR</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>CONFIG_DIR</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>AMANDA_DBGDIR</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Runtime directories</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>listed_inc_dir</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Same as <literal>GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR</literal></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>CC</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>VERSION</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>ASSERTIONS</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>LOCKING</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>USE_VERSION_SUFFIXES</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Build information. <literal>ASSERTIONS</literal>
+ is 1 or empty, while <literal>USE_VERSION_SUFFIXES</literal> is
+ yes/no.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>DUMP</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>RESTORE</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>VDUMP</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>VRESTORE</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>XFSDUMP</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>XFSRESTORE</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>VXDUMP</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>VXRESTORE</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>SAMBA_CLIENT</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>GNUTAR</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>STAR</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>COMPRESS_PATH</literal></term>
+ <term><literal>UNCOMPRESS_PATH</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Paths to various utility progarms (empty if they
+ are not found or not used)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>AIX_BACKUP</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Is <literal>DUMP</literal> the AIX backup program? (empty or 1)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>DUMP_RETURNS_1</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>Does <literal>DUMP</literal> return 1 on success? (empty or 1)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>