NAME

ucfq - query the ucf database

SYNOPSIS

usage: ucfq [options] (/path/to/file|package)[/path/to/file|package ...]

OPTIONS

\fB--help\fR \fBh\fR Print out a usage message. 3

\fB--debug\fR \fB-d\fR Turn on debugging mode. 3

\fB--verbose\fR \fB-v\fR Make the script more verbose.. 3

\fB--with-colons\fR \fB-w\fR 3

Normally, the script presents the information in a human readable tabular format, but that may be harder for a machine to parse. With this option, the output is a compact, colon separated line, with no dividers, headers, or footer.

\fB--state-dr\fR dir 3

Set the state directory to f(CW*(C`/path/to/dir*(C' instead of the default f(CW*(C`/var/lib/ucf*(C'. Used mostly for testing.

DESCRIPTION

This script takes a set of arguments, each of which is a package name (and thus does not contain a /) or a full path to a configuration file, and outputs the associated package, if any, if the file exists on disk, and whether it has been modified by the user. The output is either a human readable tabular form, or a compact colon-separated machine friendly format.

This script can potentially be used in package f(CW*(C`postrm*(C' scripts during purge to query the system for configuration files that may still exist on the system, and whether these files have been locally modified by the user *(-- assuming that the package registered all the configuration files with ucf using f(CW*(C`ucfr*(C'.

CAVEATS

This is very inchoate, at the moment, and needs testing.

BUGS

None Known so far.

AUTHOR

Manoj Srivastava <srivastae@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This script is a part of the Ucf package, and is

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