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1 perry 1 DEBCONF-COPYDB
2 !!!DEBCONF-COPYDB
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 EXAMPLES
8 SEE ALSO
9 AUTHOR
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 debconf-copydb - copy a debconf db
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 debconf-copydb sourcedb destdb [[--pattern=pattern] [[--config=Foo:bar]
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 __debconf-copydb__ copies items from an existing debconf
23 database into another, possibly new database. The two
24 databases may have different formats; if so a conversion
25 will automatically be done.
26 !!OPTIONS
27
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29 ''sourcedb''
30
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32 The name of the source database. Typically it will be
33 defined in your debconf.conf (or .debconfrc)
34 file.
35
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37 ''destdb''
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40 The name of the destination database. It may be defined in
41 debconf.conf or .debconfrc, or you might define it on the
42 command line (see below).
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45 __-p__ ''pattern'', __--pattern__
46 ''pattern''
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49 If this is specified, only items in ''sourcedb'' whose
50 names match the pattern will be copied.
51
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53 __-c__ ''foo:bar'', __--config__
54 ''Foo:bar''
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57 Set option Foo to bar. This is similar to
58 writing:
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61 Foo: bar
62 In debconf.conf, except you probably want to leave off the space on the command line (or quote it: ``Foo: bar''). Generally must be used multiple times, to build up a full configuration stanza. While blank lines are used to seperate stanzas in debconf.conf, this program will assume that ``Name:dbname'' denotes the beginning of a new stanza.
63 !!EXAMPLES
64
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66 debconf-copydb configdb backup
67 Copy all of configdb to backup, assuming you already have the backup database defined in debconf.conf.
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70 debconf-copydb configdb newdb --pattern='^slrn/' \
71 --config=Name:newdb --config=Driver:File \
72 --config=Filename:newdb.dat
73 Copy slrn's data out of configdb, and into newdb. newdb is not defined in the rc file, so the --config switches set up the database on the fly.
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76 debconf-copydb configdb stdout -c Name:stdout -c Driver:Pipe \
2 perry 77 -c !InFd:none --pattern='^foo/'
1 perry 78 Spit out all the items in the debconf datapase related to package foo.
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81 debconf-copydb configdb pipe --config=Name:pipe \
2 perry 82 --config=Driver:Pipe --config=!InFd:none \
1 perry 83 ssh remotehost debconf-copydb pipe configdb \
84 --config=Name:pipe --config=Driver:Pipe
85 This uses the special purpose pipe driver to copy a database to a remote system.
86 !!SEE ALSO
87
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89 ''debconf.conf''(5)
90 !!AUTHOR
91
92
93 Joey Hess
94 ----
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