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diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.sgml b/doc/apt-config.8.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 9ed16b141..000000000 --- a/doc/apt-config.8.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- --> -<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ - -<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> -%aptent; - -]> - -<refentry> - &apt-docinfo; - - <refmeta> - <refentrytitle>apt-config</> - <manvolnum>8</> - </refmeta> - - <!-- Man page title --> - <refnamediv> - <refname>apt-config</> - <refpurpose>APT Configuration Query program</> - </refnamediv> - - <!-- Arguments --> - <refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>apt-config</> - <arg><option>-hv</></arg> - <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg> - <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg> - <group choice=req> - <arg>shell</> - <arg>dump</> - </group> - </cmdsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> - - <RefSect1><Title>Description</> - <para> - <command/apt-config/ is an internal program used by various portions of - the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses the main - configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</> in a manner that is - easy to use by scripted applications. - <para> - Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given one of the - commands below must be present. - </para> - - <VariableList> - <VarListEntry><Term>shell</Term> - <ListItem><Para> - 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: - </para> - -<informalexample><programlisting> -OPTS="-f" -RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::Options` -eval $RES -</programlisting></informalexample> - - <para> - This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of - MyApp::Options with a default of <option/-f/. - - <para> - 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. - </VarListEntry> - - <VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term> - <ListItem><Para> - Just show the contents of the configuration space. - </VarListEntry> - - </VariableList> - </RefSect1> - - <RefSect1><Title>Options</> - &apt-cmdblurb; - - <VariableList> - - &apt-commonoptions; - - </VariableList> - </RefSect1> - - <RefSect1><Title>See Also</> - <para> - &apt-conf; - </RefSect1> - - <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</> - <para> - <command/apt-config/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error. - </RefSect1> - - &manbugs; - &manauthor; - -</refentry> |