NAME¶

econftool - Configuration File Manager

SYNOPSIS¶

econftool COMMAND [OPTIONS] </path/to/configfile>.conf

DESCRIPTION¶

Tool which allows to easily manage the configuration file snippets.

COMMANDS¶

show

Reads all snippets for <filename>.conf (in /usr/etc and /etc), and prints all groups,keys and their values. The root directories is /. It can be set by the environment variable $ECONFTOOL_ROOT.

cat

Prints the content of the files and the name of the file in the order as it has been read.

edit

Starts the editor $EDITOR (environment variable) where the groups, keys and values can be modified and saved afterwards.

OPTIONS
-f, --full: Copy the original configuration file to /etc instead of
creating drop-in files.
--use-home: Only has an effect if the user is root.
Chooses the root home directory instead of /etc.

revert

Reverts all changes to the vendor versions. Basically deletes the config file and snippet directory in /etc.

OPTIONS
-y, --yes: Assumes yes for all prompts and runs non-interactively.

general OPTIONS¶

--comment <character>

Character which starts a comment. ('#' default).

--delimiters <string>

Characters which separates key/value entries. ("=" default).
e.g. --delimiters="= "
e.g. --delimiters=spaces regarding all spaces

SEE ALSO¶

libeconf

COPYRIGHT¶

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