NAME

       innconfval - Get configuration parameters from configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       innconfval [-pstv] [-f file] [-F filetype] [-i innconffile] [parameter ...]

       innconfval -C [-i innconffile]

DESCRIPTION

       innconfval normally prints the values of the parameters specified on the command line,
       from inn.conf.  By default, it just prints the parameter values, but if -p, -s, or -t are
       given, it instead prints the parameter and value in the form of a variable assignment in
       Perl, Bourne shell, or Tcl respectively.  If no parameters are specifically requested,
       innconfval prints out all parameter values (this isn't particularly useful unless one of
       -p, -s, or -t were specified).

       All parameters are taken from inn.conf except for version, which is always the version
       string of INN.

       Use the -f and -F options to specify another configuration file from which to print the
       values of the parameters.

       If given the -C option, innconfval instead checks inn.conf, reporting any problems found
       to standard error.

OPTIONS

       -C  Check inn.conf rather than printing out the values of parameters, and exit with status
           0 if no problems are found and with status 1 otherwise.

       -f file
           Use file as the source configuration file for the type mentioned in the -F option.  If
           not set, the default configuration file is used (that is to say the file in pathetc
           named like the type provided with -F).  file must be a valid configuration file of
           that type and will be parsed the same as that type would be.

       -F filetype
           filetype must either be "inn.conf" (the default) or "inn-secrets.conf".  It defines
           the type of configuration file to parse.

           For instance, run "innconfval -F inn-secrets.conf canlockuser" to retrieve the
           canlockuser value from inn-secrets.conf.

           The default path to the configuration file of the requested type will be used, unless
           -f is given (or a specific source configuration file for inn.conf is set with -i and
           defines another pathetc location).

       -i innconffile
           Use innconffile as the source configuration file for inn.conf rather than inn.conf in
           pathetc.  innconffile must be a valid inn.conf file and will be parsed the same as
           inn.conf would be.

       -p  Print out parameters as Perl assignment statements.  The variable name will be the
           same as the configuration parameter, and string values will be enclosed in single
           quotes with appropriate escaping.  Boolean values will be mapped to the strings "true"
           or "false".  List values will be mapped to an array of strings.  NULL values are
           printed out with the "undef" value.

           Here is an example:

               $enableoverview = 'true';
               @extraoverviewadvertised = ( 'Newsgroups', 'Injection-Info' );
               @extraoverviewhidden = undef;
               $organization = 'Let\'s try nasty "quotes"';
               $maxforks = 10;

           If innconfval is called via the Perl "INN::Config" module, all these variables are
           properly exported.

       -s  Print out parameters as Bourne shell assignment statements.  The variable name will be
           the configuration parameter name in all capitals, and all variables will be exported,
           if not NULL.  String values will be enclosed in single quotes with appropriate
           escaping, and boolean values will be mapped to "true" or "false".  List values will be
           mapped to a space-separated string representing an array of strings (as Bourne shell
           does not recognize arrays, contrary to several other shells, an array cannot be
           returned for interoperability reasons).

           Here is an example:

               ENABLEOVERVIEW=true; export ENABLEOVERVIEW;
               EXTRAOVERVIEWADVERTISED='"Newsgroups" "Injection-Info"';
                   export EXTRAOVERVIEWADVERTISED;
               ORGANIZATION='Let'\''s try nasty "quotes"'; export ORGANIZATION;
               MAXFORKS=10; export MAXFORKS;

       -t  Print out parameters as Tcl assignment statements.  The variable name will be the same
           as the configuration parameter name but with "inn_" prepended, and string variables
           will be escaped appropriately.  Boolean values will be mapped to the strings "true" or
           "false".  List values will be mapped to an array of strings.  NULL values are not
           printed out.

           Here is an example:

               set inn_enableoverview "true"
               set inn_extraoverviewadvertised { "Newsgroups" "Injection-Info" }
               set inn_organization "Let's try nasty \"quotes\""
               set inn_maxforks 10

       -v  Print INN's version and exit.  This is equivalent to "innconfval version".

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO

       inn.conf(5), inn-secrets.conf(5), INN::Config(3pm).