X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/e27a1f01f90f5eae73f66f25b316ee8859f72105..a17482f89b636a52aacc57776bfc8041cf4da508:/doc/apt-config.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml index a8fb897ef..b84d25f7a 100644 --- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - %aptent; @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ %aptverbatiment; + +%aptvendor; ]> @@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z + 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z @@ -39,20 +41,20 @@ 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 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: @@ -93,11 +95,11 @@ eval $RES - Defines the output of each config option. %t will be replaced with the name of the option, - %f with the complete optionname and %v with the value of the option. + 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 savely used in a quoted-string as defined by RFC822. Additionally - %n will be replaced by a newline, %N by a tab. A % can be + 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 %%.