gconftool-2(1)


NAME

   gconftool-2 - GNOME configuration tool

SYNOPSIS

   gconftool-2    [-?]   [-?|--help]   [--usage]   [-s|--set]   [-g|--get]
   [--set-schema]  [-u|--unset]   [--recursive-unset]   [-a|--all-entries]
   [--all-dirs]     [--dump]     [--load=STRING]     [-R|--recursive-list]
   [--dir-exists=STRING]  [--shutdown]  [-p|--ping]  [--spawn]  [-t|--type
   int|bool|float|string|list|pair]    [-T|--get-type]   [--get-list-size]
   [--get-list-element]                [--list-type=int|bool|float|string]
   [--car-type=int|bool|float|string]   [--cdr-type=int|bool|float|string]
   [--short-desc=DESCRIPTION]  [--long-desc=DESCRIPTION]   [--owner=OWNER]
   [--install-schema-file=FILENAME]   [--config-source=SOURCE]  [--direct]
   [--makefile-install-rule]   [--makefile-uninstall-rule]   [--break-key]
   [--break-directory]  [--short-docs]  [--long-docs]  [--get-schema-name]
   [--apply-schema]       [--unapply-schema]        [--get-default-source]
   [-v|--version]

DESCRIPTION

   Each  preference  in  the  GConf repository is expressed as a key-value
   pair. A GConf preference key is an element in the GConf repository that
   corresponds  to  an  application preference.  Preference keys typically
   have simple values such as strings, integers, or lists of  strings  and
   integers.  The default key-value pairs are installed on the system, and
   are known as schemas. gconftool-2 is the  command-line  interface  tool
   that enables you to set the values of keys, display the values of keys,
   and install schemas from schema definition files when  you  install  an
   application.  The  GConf  preference keys are stored and managed by the
   GConf daemon (gconfd-2).  These keys are cached in memory, and saved to
   disk in XML format when appropriate.

OPTIONS

   -s, --set
          Set a key to a value and sync. Use with --type.

   -g, --get
          Print the value of a key to standard output.

   -u, --unset
          Unset the keys on the command line.

   --recursive-unset
          Recursively  unset  all keys at or below the key/directory names
          on the command line.

   -a, --all-entries
          Print all key/value pairs in a directory.

   --all-dirs
          Print all subdirectories in a directory.

   -R, --recursive-list
          Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively.

   --dir-exists=STRING
          Return 0 if the directory exists, 2 if it does not.

   -t, --type=int|bool|float|string|list|pair
          Specify the type of the value being set,  or  the  type  of  the
          value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

   --list-type=int|bool|float|string
          Specify the type of the list value being set, or the type of the
          value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

   --car-type=int|bool|float|string
          Specify the type of the car pair value being set, or the type of
          the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

   --cdr-type=int|bool|float|string
          Specify the type of the cdr pair value being set, or the type of
          the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

   --short-desc=DESCRIPTION
          Specify a short half-line description to go in a schema.

   --long-desc=DESCRIPTION
          Specify a several-line description to go in a schema.

   --owner=OWNER
          Specify the owner of a schema.

   --install-schema-file=FILENAME
          Specify a schema file to be installed

   --config-source=SOURCE
          Specify a configuration source to use rather  than  the  default
          path

   --direct
          Access  the config database directly, bypassing server. Requires
          that gconfd is not running.

   --set-schema
          Set a schema  and  sync.  Use  with  --short-desc,  --long-desc,
          --owner, and --type.

   --makefile-install-rule
          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.

   --break-key
          Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch  of
          values of different types for keys on the command line.

   --break-directory
          Torture-test  an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of
          keys inside the directories on the command line.

   --short-docs
          Get the short doc string for a key

   --long-docs
          Get the long doc string for a key

   --get-schema-name
          Get the name of the schema applied to this key

   --apply-schema
          Specify the schema name followed by the key to apply the  schema
          name to

   --unapply-schema
          Remove any schema name applied to the given keys

   --get-default-source
          Get the name of the default source.

   --shutdown
          Shut down gconfd. Don't use this option without good reason.

   -p, --ping
          Return 0 if gconfd is running, 2 if not.

   --spawn
          Launch   the   config   server   (gconfd).   (Normally   happens
          automatically when needed.)

   -v, --version
          Print version

   Help options

   -?, --help
          Show the help message.

EXAMPLES

   Display the path to the current desktop wallpaper.

          gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename

   Change the widget font to "Serif 12"

          gconftool-2            --type            string            --set
          /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Serif 12"

AUTHOR

   GConf was written by Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>.

SEE ALSO

   The GConf web site, http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/.





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