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NAME

6       debconf-communicate - communicate with debconf
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SYNOPSIS

9        echo commands | debconf-communicate [options] [package]
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DESCRIPTION

12       debconf-communicate allows you to communicate with debconf on the fly,
13       from the command line. The package argument is the name of the package
14       which you are pretending to be as you communicate with debconf, and it
15       may be omitted if you are lazy. It reads commands in the form used by
16       the debconf protocol from stdin. For documentation on the available
17       commands and their usage, see the debconf specification.
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19       The commands are executed in sequence. The textual return code of each
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22       The return value of this program is the numeric return code of the last
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EXAMPLE

26        echo get debconf/frontend | debconf-communicate
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28       Print out the value of the debconf/frontend question.
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WARNING

31       This program should never be used from a maintainer script of a package
32       that uses debconf! It may however, be useful in debugging.
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SEE ALSO

35       debconf-loadtemplate(1)
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AUTHOR

38       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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