Provided by: apt-dater_1.0.4-8_amd64 
NAME
apt-dater.xml - configuration file of apt-dater(8)
SYNOPSIS
<apt-dater xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<ssh
spawn-agent="true">
<add-key fn="/path/to/id_rsa1"/>
<add-key fn="/path/to/id_rsa2"/>
</ssh>
<paths
hosts-file="path-to/hosts.xml"
stats-dir="path-to/stats"/>
<history
record="true"
err-pattern="((?<!no )error|warning|fail)"/>
</apt-dater>
DESCRIPTION
The file apt-dater.xml is the configuration file for apt-dater(8). apt-dater(8) is a
program to manage package updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH. This man
page descripes briefly the parameters of the file apt-dater.xml. The default location of
this file is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/apt-dater.xml.
The configuration file is parsed using libxml2 and supports Xincludes.
OPTIONS
Attributes of the 'paths' element
hosts-file="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.xml"
The location of the file contains all host which will be managed with apt-dater.
(optional)
stats-dir="$XDG_DATA_HOME/apt-dater"
The location of the directory which contains the status files of any host. (optional)
Attributes of the'screen' element
rc-file="$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)
no-dumps="false"
Enables/disables support of screen dumps. (optional)
query-maintainer="false"
If set to 1, apt-dater will ask for the maintainers name on startup. If set to 2,
apt-dater will only ask if no MAINTAINER environment variable is set.
Attributes of the'ssh' element
cmd="/usr/bin/ssh
The location of ssh-client binary.
sftp-cmd
The command to initiate sftp file transfer e.g. /usr/bin/sftp
opt-cmd-flags
Additional ssh-client command flags, which will be appended.
spawn-agent="false"
If enabled, apt-dater tries to spawn ssh-agent(1) if none is already running.
ssh-add(1) will be called to load your private keys.
add-keys
List of private keys which should be loaded when apt-dater calls ssh-add(1).
apt-dater will try to load additional private SSH keys using ssh-add(1) during start.
Those keys needs to be listed as add-key child elements. The attribute fn refers to the
filename of the private key:
<ssh spawn-agent="false" ..>
<add-key fn="/path/to/id_rsa1"/>
</ssh>
Attributes of the'commands' element
CmdRefresh="apt-dater-host refresh"
The command which will be used to refresh the status of the managed host.
CmdUpgrade="apt-dater-host upgrade"
The command which will be used to intitate a upgrade of a managed host.
CmdInstall="apt-dater-host install %s"
The command which will be used to update a single package. %s will be replaced by the
name of the package.
Attributes of the'appearance' element
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
Attributes of the'auto-ref' element
enabled="true"
Enabled the auto refresh feature if compiled in (see README.autoref).
Attributes of the'notify' element
beep="true"
Enables user notification by terminal bell.
flash="true"
Enables user notification by terminal flashing.
Attributes of the'history' element
err-pattern="((?<!no )error|warning|fail)"
A regular expression pattern to match the screen output. A match indicates the user
should be asked to review the output (using less). (Optional)
record="true"
Enables session recording using script(1). (Optional)
Attributes of the'hooks' element
pre-update="/etc/apt-dater/pre-upg.d", pre-refresh="/etc/apt-dater/pre-ref.d",
pre-install="/etc/apt-dater/pre-ins.d", pre-connect="/etc/apt-dater/pre-con.d",
post-update="/etc/apt-dater/post-upg.d", post-refresh="/etc/apt-dater/post-ref.d",
post-install="/etc/apt-dater/post-ins.d", post-connect="/etc/apt-dater/post-con.d"
Hooks to be run before and after an action on a host is done. The values should be
path names, any executable script within these directories will be run by
run-parts(8).
STRING ESCAPES
apt-dater(8) provides an string escape mechanism. The escape character is '%'.
.sp
Table 1. List of supported escapes.
┌───────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│escape │ replaced by │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│% │ escape character │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│h │ hostname │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│H │ SSH hostname used for connecting │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│m │ maintainer name │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│p │ SSH port number │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│u │ SSH username │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│U │ SSH username appended by '@', │
│ │ empty string if no SSH username │
│ │ is configured. │
└───────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
FILES
apt-dater.xml
The configuration file of apt-dater.
hosts.xml
Contains all hosts you would like to manage.
SEE ALSO
apt-dater(8), apt-get(1), debtrack, screen(1), script(1), ssh(1), XDG Base Directory
Specification[1].
AUTHORS
Thomas Liske <liske@ibh.de>
maintainer
Andre Ellguth
ex-maintainer
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008-2015 IBH IT-Service GmbH [https://www.ibh.de/]
NOTES
1. XDG Base Directory Specification
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec