APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)                APT               APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)



NAME
       apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract debconf config and templates
       from Debian packages

SYNOPSIS
       apt-extracttemplates [-t=temporary_directory] filename...
                            {-v | --version} {-h | --help}

DESCRIPTION
       apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as
       input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
       scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
       config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in
       the format:

       package version template-file config-script

       template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
       specified by the -t or --tempdir (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir)
       directory, with filenames of the form package.template.XXXXXX and
       package.config.XXXXXX

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.

       -t, --tempdir
           Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template
           files and config scripts. Configuration Item:
           APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir

       -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. If configuration settings need to be set before
           the default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
           APT_CONFIG environment variable. See apt.conf(5) for syntax
           information.

       -o, --option
           Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
           configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.  -o and
           --option can be used multiple times to set different options.

SEE ALSO
       apt.conf(5)

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

BUGS
       APT bug page[1]. 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

       APT team

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



APT 1.0.9.8.3                    09 June 2012           APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)
