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4
5<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
6%aptent;
7
8<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
9%aptverbatiment;
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11]>
12
13<refentry>
14
15 <refentryinfo>
16 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
17 &apt-author.team;
18 &apt-email;
19 &apt-product;
20 <!-- The last update date -->
21 <date>2004-02-29T00:00:00Z</date>
22 </refentryinfo>
23
24 <refmeta>
25 <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
27 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
28 </refmeta>
29
30 <!-- Man page title -->
31 <refnamediv>
32 <refname>apt-extracttemplates</refname>
33 <refpurpose>Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages</refpurpose>
34 </refnamediv>
35
36 &synopsis-command-apt-extracttemplates;
37
38 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
39 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package files
40 as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
41 scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
42 config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated
43 in the format:</para>
44 <para>package version template-file config-script</para>
45 <para>template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
46 specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option>
47 (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory,
48 with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and
49 <filename>package.config.XXXX</filename></para>
50 </refsect1>
51
52 <refsect1><title>options</title>
53 &apt-cmdblurb;
54
55 <variablelist>
56 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term><term><option>--tempdir</option></term>
57 <listitem><para>
58 Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files
59 and config scripts.
60 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal></para></listitem>
61 </varlistentry>
62
63 &apt-commonoptions;
64
65 </variablelist>
66
67
68 </refsect1>
69
70 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
71 <para>&apt-conf;</para>
72 </refsect1>
73
74 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
75 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
76 </refsect1>
77
78 &manbugs;
79
80</refentry>