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NAME

6       dconf - Simple tool for manipulating a dconf database
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SYNOPSIS

9       dconf read KEY
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11       dconf list DIR
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13       dconf write KEY VALUE
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15       dconf reset [-f] PATH
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17       dconf compile OUTPUT KEYFILEDIR
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19       dconf update
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21       dconf watch PATH
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23       dconf dump DIR
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25       dconf load DIR
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27       dconf help [COMMAND]
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DESCRIPTION

30       The dconf program can perform various operations on a dconf database,
31       such as reading or writing individual values or entire directories.
32       This tool operates on dconf directly, without using gsettings schema
33       information. Therefore, it cannot perform type and consistency checks
34       on values. The gsettings(1) utility is an alternative if such checks
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37       The DIR arguments must be directory paths (starting and ending with
38       '/'), the KEY arguments must be key paths (starting, but not ending
39       with '/') and the PATH arguments can be either directory or key paths.
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41       The OUTPUT argument must the location to write a (binary) dconf
42       database to and the KEYFILEDIR argument must be a .d directory
43       containing keyfiles.
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45       VALUE arguments must be in GVariant format, so e.g. a string must
46       include explicit quotes: "'foo'". This format is also used when
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49       Note that dconf needs a D-Bus session bus connection to write changes
50       to the dconf database.
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COMMANDS

53       read
54           Read the value of a key.
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56       list
57           List the sub-keys and sub-directories of a directory.
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59       write
60           Write a new value to a key.
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62       reset
63           Reset a key or an entire directory. For directories, -f must be
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66       compile
67           Compile a binary database from keyfiles.
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69           The result is always in little-endian byte order, so it can be
70           safely installed in 'share'. If it is used on a big endian machine,
71           dconf will automatically byteswap the contents on read.
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73       update
74           Update the system dconf databases.
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76       watch
77           Watch a key or directory for changes.
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79       dump
80           Dump an entire subpath to stdout. The output is in a keyfile-like
81           format, with values in GVariant syntax.
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83       load
84           Populate a subpath from stdin. The expected format is the same as
85           produced by dump.
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87       help
88           Display help and exit. If COMMAND is given, display help for this
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ENVIRONMENT

92       DCONF_PROFILE
93           This environment variable determines which dconf profile to use.
94           See dconf(7).
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SEE ALSO

97       dconf(7), gsettings(1), dconf-editor(1)
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101dconf                                                                 DCONF(1)