NAME

       ucfq - query the ucf database

SYNOPSIS

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

OPTIONS

       --help h Print out a usage message.
       --debug -d Turn on debugging mode.
       --verbose -v Make the script more verbose..
       --with-colons -w
            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.

       --state-dr dir
            Set the state directory to "/path/to/dir" instead of the default "/var/lib/ucf".   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 "postrm" 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
       "ucfr".

CAVEATS

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

BUGS

       None Known so far.

AUTHOR

       Manoj Srivastava <srivasta\@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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

       Copyright (c) 2006 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta\@debian.org>

       This  program  is  free  software;  you can redistribute it and / or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General  Public
       License for more details.

       You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

perl v5.8.8                                        2006-04-16                                            UCFQ(1)