Manual: ucfq

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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 
       Mark Hindley 

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This script is a part of the Ucf package, and is

       Copyright (c) 2006 Manoj Srivastava 
       Copyright (c) 2024 Mark Hindley 

       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							 2026-02-26						     UCFQ(1)