doc/apt-config.8.xml

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   5 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
   6 %aptent;
   7
   8 <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
   9 %aptverbatiment;
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  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>29 February 2004</date>
  22  </refentryinfo>
  23
  24  <refmeta>
  25    <refentrytitle>apt-config</refentrytitle>
  26    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  27    <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  28  </refmeta>
  29
  30  <!-- Man page title -->
  31  <refnamediv>
  32     <refname>apt-config</refname>
  33     <refpurpose>APT Configuration Query program</refpurpose>
  34  </refnamediv>
  35
  36  &synopsis-command-apt-config;
  37
  38  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  39    <para><command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various
  40    portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses
  41    the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a
  42    manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.</para>
  43
  44    <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is
  45    given one of the commands below must be present.
  46    </para>
  47
  48    <variablelist>
  49      <varlistentry><term>shell</term>
  50      <listitem><para>
  51      shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
  52      script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
  53      variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output
  54      it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value.
  55      In a shell script it should be used like:
  56      </para>
  57
  58 <informalexample><programlisting>
  59 OPTS="-f"
  60 RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`
  61 eval $RES
  62 </programlisting></informalexample>
  63
  64      <para>This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of
  65      MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>.</para>
  66
  67
  68      <para>The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns
  69      file names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns
  70      an integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified
  71      internally.</para>
  72      </listitem>
  73      </varlistentry>
  74
  75      <varlistentry><term>dump</term>
  76      <listitem><para>
  77      Just show the contents of the configuration space.</para>
  78      </listitem>
  79      </varlistentry>
  80
  81    </variablelist>
  82  </refsect1>
  83
  84  <refsect1><title>options</title>
  85    &apt-cmdblurb;
  86
  87    <variablelist>
  88      <varlistentry>
  89       <term><option>--empty</option></term>
  90       <listitem><para>Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so
  91                       use --no-empty to remove them from the output.</para></listitem>
  92      </varlistentry>
  93
  94      <varlistentry>
  95       <term><option>--format '<replaceable>&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n</replaceable>'</option></term>
  96       <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with the name of the option,
  97                       &percnt;f with the complete optionname and &percnt;v with the value of the option.
  98                       Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value will be encoded to ensure that
  99                       it can e.g. be savely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally
 100                       &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be
 101                       printed by using &percnt;&percnt;.</para></listitem>
 102      </varlistentry>
 103
 104      &apt-commonoptions;
 105
 106    </variablelist>
 107  </refsect1>
 108
 109  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 110    <para>&apt-conf;
 111    </para>
 112  </refsect1>
 113
 114  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 115    <para><command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
 116    </para>
 117  </refsect1>
 118
 119  &manbugs;
 120
 121 </refentry>
 122