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apt-dater_0.6.4.1-2_i386 
NAME
apt-dater.conf - configuration file of apt-dater(8)
SYNOPSIS
[Section]
parameter=value
parameter=value;value;...;
DESCRIPTION
The file apt-dater.conf is the configuration file for apt-dater(8).
apt-dater(8) is a program to manage package updats on a large number of
remote hosts using SSH. This man page descripes briefly the parameters
of the file apt-dater.conf. The default location of this file is
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.conf.
The syntax of the configuration file is the syntax of glib keyfiles.
OPTIONS
Section [Paths]
HostsFile=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.conf
The location of the file contains all host which will be managed
with apt-dater. (optional)
StatsDir=$XDG_DATA_HOME/apt-dater
The location of the directory which contains the status files of any
host. (optional)
Section [Screen]
RCFile=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/screenrc
Location of screen(1) config file. (optional)
Title=%m # %u@%h:%p
Template for screen titles using string escapes. (optional)
Section [SSH]
Cmd=/usr/bin/ssh
The location of ssh-client binary.
SFTPCmd
The command to initiate a file transfer e.g. /usr/bin/mc
/#sh:%u@%h:C/
OptionalCmdFlags
Additional ssh-client command flags, which will be appended.
DefaultUser
The default user which will be used for remote login.
DefaulPort=22
The default port to connect to the ssh server.
Section [Commands]
CmdRefresh=sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude -s -y -v upgrade
The command which will be used to refresh the status of the managed
host.
CmdUpgrade=sudo aptitude upgrade
The command which will be used to intitate a upgrade of a managed
host.
CmdInstall=sudo aptitude install %s
The command which will be used to update a single package. %s will
be replaced by the name of the package.
Section [Appearance]
Colors
Set your own color style of the ui components. To highlight colors
you can use the bright* keyword. Example: Colors=menu brightgreen
blue;status brightgreen blue;selector black red;
Components are:
default
menu
status
selector
hoststatus
query
input
Colors are:
default
black
cyan
green
magenta
red
white
yellow
ENVIRONMENT
MAINTAINER
The maintainer’s name. If not set, the GECOS entry for the current
user will be used. This environment variable is forwarded to the
remote hosts and used by debtrack..RE
STRING ESCAPES
apt-dater(8) provides an string escape mechanism. The escape character
is ’%’.
.PP Table 1. List of supported escapes.
+-------+------------------+
|escape | replaced by |
+-------+------------------+
|% | escape character |
+-------+------------------+
|h | hostname |
+-------+------------------+
|m | maintainer name |
+-------+------------------+
|p | SSH port number |
+-------+------------------+
|u | SSH username |
+-------+------------------+
FILES
apt-dater.conf
The configuration file of apt-dater.
hosts.conf
Contains all hosts you would like to manage.
SEE ALSO
apt-dater(8), aptitude(1), apt-get(1), debtrack, screen(1), ssh(1),
[1]XDG Base Directory Specification.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 IBH IT-Service GmbH [http://www.ibh.de/]
REFERENCES
1. XDG Base Directory Specification
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec
Jule 7, 2008 APT-DATER(5)