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APT-CONFIG(8)                                                    APT-CONFIG(8)

NAME
       apt-config - APT Configuration Query program

SYNOPSIS
       apt-config [-hv] [-o=config string] [-c=file] {[shell] | [dump]}

DESCRIPTION
       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.

       Unless the -h, or --help option is 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:

             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.

          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
          internally.

       dump
          Just show 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 arbitary configuration
          option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.

SEE ALSO
       apt.conf(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       apt-config returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS
       [1]APT bug page. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
       /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1) command.

AUTHORS
       Jason Gunthorpe
          Author.

       APT team
          Author.

REFERENCES
       1. APT bug page
          http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

Linux                          29 February 2004                  APT-CONFIG(8)
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