Provided by: desktop-profiles_1.4.26_all 
NAME
path2listing - script facilitating the conversion to managing gconf configuration sources with desktop-
profiles
SYNOPSIS
path2listing [options]
DESCRIPTION
This script takes a single gconf path file (the systemwide one, i.e. /etc/gconf/2/path, when not told
otherwise) and reads through it in order to create an ordered list of known configuration sources (it
will recurse into included path files when necessary). Using that ordered list it will then create a
desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file containing metadata for all known configuration sources,
assigning a precedence value to each encountered configuration source so that:
a) the order of sources is the same
b) there is space between the precedence values of the various sources to allow for inclusion of
additional profiles in the future.
c) all mandatory sources have a positive precedence value, and all non-mandatory sources have a
negative precedence value
In addition to generating the desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file, this script will also replace
the converted path file by one that assumes that desktop-profiles manages all configuration sources
(NOTE: a backup copy of all changed files is made, so you can always go back to the previous situation).
OPTIONS
-d,--distance
distance between the precedence values of each successive pair of configuration sources (defaults
to 50), the idea being that you leave some space to insert future sources.
-f, --file
path file to convert (defaults to /etc/gconf/2/path)
-h, --help
display the help message
-o, --output-file
file to put the generated metadata in (defaults to /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-
profiles_path2listing.listing). If this file exists a backup copy will be made prior to
overwriting it.
--no-replace-file
don't replace the path file we're converted with one assuming desktop-profiles manages activation
FILES
/etc/gconf/2/path - systemwide gconf path file, default path file to convert
/etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing - default name for the file containing the
generated metadata
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis <cobaco@skolelinux.no>.
SEE ALSO
desktop-profiles(7)