vgetconfig(1)

Name

vgetconfig - Get values from the Vesta configuration file

Synopsis

vgetconfig [-l location] [-L] [-v] [-i] [-b] [-f] [section name [section name ...]]

Description

See the Terminology section of the vesta-intro man page for definitions of terms.

If section and name are provided, vgetconfig prints the value of name in section section of the Vesta configuration file. If multiple section name pairs are provided, the values are printed one per line in order.

If the arguments given to vgetconfig leave it with nothing to do, it prints a usage message.

Flags

-l location

Look for the configuration file in location, overriding the default search path established by VestaConfig.H.

-L

Print the config file location.

-V

Print the version of vgetconfig.

-i

Use VestaConfig::get_int to read the configuration file, thereby insisting that the configuration values be an integer. The default is to use VestaConfig::get_Text, which allows any value.

-b

Use VestaConfig::get_bool to read the configuration file, thereby insisting that the configuration values be a boolean.

-b

Use VestaConfig::get_float to read the configuration file, thereby insisting that the configuration values be a floating-point value.

See Also

vesta-intro(1), repos-ui(1)

Author

Tim Mann

Last modified on Wed Nov  5 21:49:04 EST 2003 by ken@xorian.net
     modified on Tue Jul 20 16:31:37 PDT 1999 by mann