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24f6490f 1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
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2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
5<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
6<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
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7]>
8
9<refentry>
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11 <refentryinfo>
12 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
13 &apt-author.team;
14 &apt-email;
15 &apt-product;
16 <!-- The last update date -->
dabb215c 17 <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
5e80de29 18 </refentryinfo>
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19
20 <refmeta>
21 <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</refentrytitle>
22 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
f0599b9c 23 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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24 </refmeta>
25
26 <!-- Man page title -->
27 <refnamediv>
28 <refname>apt-extracttemplates</refname>
c6b21d22 29 <refpurpose>Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from Debian packages</refpurpose>
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30 </refnamediv>
31
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32 &synopsis-command-apt-extracttemplates;
33
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34 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
35 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package files
36 as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
37 scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
38 config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated
39 in the format:</para>
40 <para>package version template-file config-script</para>
41 <para>template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
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42 specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option>
43 (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory,
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44 with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXXXX</filename> and
45 <filename>package.config.XXXXXX</filename></para>
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46 </refsect1>
47
48 <refsect1><title>options</title>
49 &apt-cmdblurb;
50
51 <variablelist>
52 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term><term><option>--tempdir</option></term>
53 <listitem><para>
c6b21d22 54 Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> template files
5f4331c4 55 and config scripts.
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56 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal></para></listitem>
57 </varlistentry>
58
59 &apt-commonoptions;
60
61 </variablelist>
62
63
64 </refsect1>
65
66 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
67 <para>&apt-conf;</para>
68 </refsect1>
69
70 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
5e80de29 71 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
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72 </refsect1>
73
74 &manbugs;
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75
76</refentry>