<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent; <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment; ]> <refentry> <refentryinfo> &apt-author.jgunthorpe; &apt-author.team; &apt-email; &apt-product; <!-- The last update date --> <date>29 February 2004</date> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <!-- Man page title --> <refnamediv> <refname>apt-extracttemplates</refname> <refpurpose>Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <!-- Arguments --> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>apt-extracttemplates</command> <arg><option>-hv</option></arg> <arg><option>-t=<replaceable>temporary directory</replaceable></option></arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1><title>Description</title> <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the format:</para> <para>package version template-file config-script</para> <para>template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory specified by the -t or --tempdir (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and <filename>package.config.XXXX</filename></para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>options</title> &apt-cmdblurb; <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term><term><option>--tempdir</option></term> <listitem><para> Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal></para></listitem> </varlistentry> &apt-commonoptions; </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>See Also</title> <para>&apt-conf;</para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title> <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para> </refsect1> &manbugs; </refentry>