NAME

       ucfq - query ucf database

SYNOPSIS

        usage: ucfq [options] (/path/to/file|package)[/path/to/file|package  ...]

OPTIONS

       --help h Print out a usage message.
       --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-dr 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 <srivasta@debian.org>
       Mark Hindley <leepen@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This script is a part of the Ucf package, and is

       Copyright (c) 2006 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
       Copyright (c) 2024 Mark Hindley <leepen@debian.org>

       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)