APT-CONFIG(8)apt-configAPT-CONFIG(8)NAMEapt-config - APT Configuration Query program
SYNOPSISapt-config [options] [-o config=string] [-c=file] command
DESCRIPTIONapt-config is an internal program used by various portions of the APT
suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses the main con‐
figuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf(5) in a manner that is easy to use by
scripted applications.
COMMANDS
Unless the -h, or --help option is given, one of the commands below
must be present.
shell 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:
OPTS="-f"
RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::Options`
eval $RES
This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value
of MyApp::Options with a default of -f. .IP The configuration
item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file names, d
returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an
integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified inter‐
nally.
dump Shows the contents of the configuration space.
OPTIONS
All command-line options may be set using the configuration file, the
descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
options you can override the config file by using something like
-f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.
-h, --help
Show a short usage summary.
-v, --version
Show the program version.
-c, --config-file
Configuration File. Specify a configuration file to use. The
program will read the default configuration file and then this
configuration file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
-o, --option
Set a Configuration Option. This will set an arbitrary configu‐
ration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.
SEE ALSOapt.conf(5)DIAGNOSTICSapt-config returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
BUGS
Reporting bugs in APT-RPM is best done in the APT-RPM mailinglist at
http://apt-rpm.org/mailinglist.shtml.
AUTHOR
Maintainer and contributor information can be found in the credits page
http://apt-rpm.org/about.shtml of APT-RPM.
APT-RPM 14 Jun 2006 APT-CONFIG(8)