X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/443f5e8a3205162ec6933529c5ca0c95ad3f6941..4b9969da40ff1dff2f5787feff5103c873c57f7f:/doc/apt-config.8.xml
diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
index b6fcf4bf2..39205e737 100644
--- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
%aptent;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
- 29 February 2004
+ 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@
apt-config is an internal program used by various
portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses
the main configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf in a
- manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.
+ manner that is easy to use for scripted applications.
Unless the , or option is
- given one of the commands below must be present.
+ given, one of the commands below must be present.
- shell
+
- shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
- script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
- variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output
- it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value.
- In a shell script it should be used like:
+ shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell
+ script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell
+ variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output
+ it lists shell assignment commands for each value present.
+ In a shell script it should be used as follows:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ eval $RES
- dump
+
Just show the contents of the configuration space.
@@ -85,7 +85,22 @@ eval $RES
&apt-cmdblurb;
-
+
+
+ Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so
+ use --no-empty to remove them from the output.
+
+
+
+
+ Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with its individual name,
+ %f with its full hierarchical name and %v with its value.
+ Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value will be encoded to ensure that
+ it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally
+ %n will be replaced by a newline, and %N by a tab. A % can be
+ printed by using %%.
+
+
&apt-commonoptions;