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1.\" Title: apt\-extracttemplates
2.\" Author: Jason Gunthorpe
3.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
4.\" Date: 29 February 2004
5.\" Manual:
6.\" Source: Linux
7.\"
8.TH "APT\-EXTRACTTEMPLATES" "1" "29 February 2004" "Linux" ""
9.\" disable hyphenation
10.nh
11.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
12.ad l
13.SH "NAME"
14apt\-extracttemplates \- Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages
15.SH "SYNOPSIS"
16.HP 21
17\fBapt\-extracttemplates\fR [\fB\-hv\fR] [\fB\-t=\fR\fB\fItemporary\ directory\fR\fR] \fIfile\fR...
18.SH "DESCRIPTION"
19.PP
20\fBapt\-extracttemplates\fR
21will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the format:
22.PP
23package version template\-file config\-script
24.PP
25template\-file and config\-script are written to the temporary directory specified by the \-t or \-\-tempdir (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir) directory, with filenames of the form
26\fIpackage.template.XXXX\fR
27and
28\fIpackage.config.XXXX\fR
29.SH "OPTIONS"
30.PP
31All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean options you can override the config file by using something like
32\fB\-f\-\fR,\fB\-\-no\-f\fR,
33\fB\-f=no\fR
34or several other variations.
35.PP
36\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tempdir\fR
37.RS 3n
38Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files and config scripts Configuration Item:
39APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir
40.RE
41.PP
42\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
43.RS 3n
44Show a short usage summary.
45.RE
46.PP
47\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
48.RS 3n
49Show the program version.
50.RE
51.PP
52\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\-file\fR
53.RS 3n
54Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default configuration file and then this configuration file. See
55\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
56for syntax information.
57.RE
58.PP
59\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-option\fR
60.RS 3n
61Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option. The syntax is
62\fB\-o Foo::Bar=bar\fR.
63.RE
64.SH "SEE ALSO"
65.PP
66\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
67.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
68.PP
69\fBapt\-extracttemplates\fR
70returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
71.SH "BUGS"
72.PP
73[1]\&\fIAPT bug page\fR. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
74\fI/usr/share/doc/debian/bug\-reporting.txt\fR
75or the
76\fBreportbug\fR(1)
77command.
78.SH "AUTHORS"
79.PP
80\fBJason Gunthorpe\fR
81.sp -1n
82.IP "" 3n
83Author.
84.PP
85\fBAPT team\fR
86.sp -1n
87.IP "" 3n
88Author.
89.SH "REFERENCES"
90.TP 3
911.\ APT bug page
92\%http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt