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.TH GCONFTOOL-2 "1" "Feburary 2006" "gconftool-2 2.2.1" "User Commands"
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gconftool-2 \- GNOME configuration tool
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[\-?] [\-?|\-\-help] [\-\-usage] [\-s|\-\-set] [\-g|\-\-get]
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[\-\-set\-schema] [\-u|\-\-unset] [\-\-recursive\-unset] [\-a|\-\-all\-entries]
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[\-\-all\-dirs] [\-\-dump] [\-\-load=STRING] [\-R|\-\-recursive\-list]
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[\-\-dir\-exists=STRING] [\-\-shutdown] [\-p|\-\-ping] [\-\-spawn]
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[\-t|\-\-type int|bool|float|string|list|pair] [\-T|\-\-get\-type]
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[\-\-get\-list\-size] [\-\-get\-list\-element]
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[\-\-list\-type=int|bool|float|string] [\-\-car\-type=int|bool|float|string]
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[\-\-cdr\-type=int|bool|float|string] [\-\-short\-desc=DESCRIPTION]
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[\-\-long\-desc=DESCRIPTION] [\-\-owner=OWNER]
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[\-\-install\-schema\-file=FILENAME] [\-\-config\-source=SOURCE] [\-\-direct]
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[\-\-makefile\-install\-rule] [\-\-makefile\-uninstall\-rule] [\-\-break\-key]
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[\-\-break\-directory] [\-\-short\-docs] [\-\-long\-docs] [\-\-get\-schema\-name]
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[\-\-apply\-schema] [\-\-unapply\-schema] [\-\-get\-default\-source]
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Each preference in the GConf repository is expressed as a
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key\-value pair. A GConf preference key is an element in the
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GConf repository that corresponds to an application prefer\-ence.
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Preference keys typically have simple values such as strings,
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integers, or lists of strings and integers. The
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default key\-value pairs are installed on the system, and are
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known as schemas. gconftool\-2 is the command\-line interface
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tool that enables you to set the values of keys, display the
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values of keys, and install schemas from schema definition
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files when you install an application. The GConf preference
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keys are stored and managed by the GConf daemon (gconfd\-2).
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These keys are cached in memory, and saved to disk in XML
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format when appropriate.
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-set\fR
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Set a key to a value and sync. Use with \fB\-\-type\fR.
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\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-get\fR
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Print the value of a key to standard output.
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unset\fR
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Unset the keys on the command line.
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\fB\-\-recursive\-unset\fR
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Recursively unset all keys at or below the key/directory names on the command line.
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\-entries\fR
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Print all key/value pairs in a directory.
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Print all subdirectories in a directory.
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\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\-list\fR
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Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively.
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\fB\-\-dir\-exists\fR=\fISTRING\fR
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Return 0 if the directory exists, 2 if it does not.
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-type\fR=\fIint\fR|bool|float|string|list|pair
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Specify the type of the value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
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\fB\-\-list\-type\fR=\fIint\fR|bool|float|string
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Specify the type of the list value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
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\fB\-\-car\-type\fR=\fIint\fR|bool|float|string
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Specify the type of the car pair value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
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\fB\-\-cdr\-type\fR=\fIint\fR|bool|float|string
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Specify the type of the cdr pair value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
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\fB\-\-short\-desc\fR=\fIDESCRIPTION\fR
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Specify a short half-line description to go in a schema.
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\fB\-\-long\-desc\fR=\fIDESCRIPTION\fR
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Specify a several-line description to go in a schema.
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\fB\-\-owner\fR=\fIOWNER\fR
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Specify the owner of a schema.
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\fB\-\-install\-schema\-file\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
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Specify a schema file to be installed
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\fB\-\-config\-source\fR=\fISOURCE\fR
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Specify a configuration source to use rather than the default path
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Access the config database directly, bypassing server. Requires that gconfd is not running.
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Set a schema and sync. Use with \fB\-\-short\-desc\fR, \fB\-\-long\-desc\fR, \fB\-\-owner\fR, and \fB\-\-type\fR.
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\fB\-\-makefile\-install\-rule\fR
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Properly installs schema files on the command line into the database. GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE environment variable should be set to a non-default config source or set to the empty string to use the default.
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Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of values of different types for keys on the command line.
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\fB\-\-break\-directory\fR
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Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of keys inside the directories on the command line.
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\fB\-\-short\-docs\fR
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Get the short doc string for a key
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Get the long doc string for a key
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\fB\-\-get\-schema\-name\fR
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Get the name of the schema applied to this key
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\fB\-\-apply\-schema\fR
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Specify the schema name followed by the key to apply the schema name to
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\fB\-\-unapply\-schema\fR
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Remove any schema name applied to the given keys
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\fB\-\-get\-default\-source\fR
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Get the name of the default source.
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Shut down gconfd. \fBDon't use this option without good reason.\fP
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-ping\fR
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Return 0 if gconfd is running, 2 if not.
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Launch the config server (gconfd). (Normally happens automatically when needed.)
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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Show the help message.
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Display brief usage message.
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Display the path to the current desktop wallpaper.
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gconftool-2 \-\-get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
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Change the widget font to "Serif 12"
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gconftool-2 \-\-type string \-\-set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Serif 12"
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\fBGConf\fP was written by Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>.
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The GConf web site, \fIhttp://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/\fI.
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