NAME

       ucfq - query ucf database

SYNOPSIS

        usage: ucfq [options] /path/file.conf|package...

OPTIONS

       --help -h Print out a usage message.
       --version -V Print version.
       --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-dir 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 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.

AUTHORS

       Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
       Mark Hindley <leepen@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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

       Copyright (c) 2006 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
       Copyright (c) 2024 Mark Hindley <leepen@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

SEE ALSO

       ucf(1), ucfr(1)

Debian                                             2025-05-19                                            UCFQ(1)