Ubuntu Manpage: cme - Edit data of configuration managed by Config::Model

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NAME

       cme - Edit data of configuration managed by Config::Model

SYNOPSIS

         # general synopsis
         cme [ global_options ] command application [ options ] arguments

         # edit dpkg config with GUI
         cme edit dpkg

         # edit /etc/sshd_config (requires Config::Model::OpenSsh)
         sudo cme edit sshd

         # edit ~/.ssh/config (requires Config::Model::OpenSsh)
         cme edit ssh

         # just check the validity of a file
         cme check multistrap file.conf

         # check dpkg files, update deprecated parameters and save
         cme migrate dpkg

         # like migrate, but also apply all suggested fixes
         cme fix dpkg

         # modify configuration with command line
         cme modify dpkg source 'format="quilt (3.0)"'

         # edit a file (file name specification is mandatory here)
         cme edit multistrap my.conf

         # map conf data to a fuse file system
         cme fusefs multistrap my.conf -d fuse_dir

         # likewise for dpkg data
         cme fusefs dpkg -d fuse_dir

         # list all available applications (depends on your installation)
         cme list

DESCRIPTION

       "cme" program will use Config::Model configuration descriptions to check or modify or fix configuration
       files.

Commands

list
Show a list all applications where a model is available. This list depends on installed Config::Model
modules.

edit
Edit a configuration. By default, a Tk GUI will be opened If Config::Model::TkUI is installed. You can
choose another user interface with the "-ui" option:

• "tk": provides a Tk graphical interface (If Config::Model::TkUI is installed).

• "curses": provides a curses user interface (If Config::Model::CursesUI is installed).

• "shell": provides a shell like interface. See Config::Model::TermUI for details.

check
Checks the content of the configuration file of an application. Prints warnings and errors on STDOUT.

Example:

cme check fstab

migrate
Checks the content of the configuration file of an application (and show warnings if needed), update
deprecated parameters (old value are saved to new parameters) and save the new configuration.

For more details, see "Upgrade" in Config::Model::Value

fix
A bit like "migrate" command, except that warnings are fixed. The configuration is saved if anything was
changed. Options are:

from
Use option "-from" to fix only a subset of a configuration tree. Example:

cme fix dpkg -from 'control binary:foo Depends'

This option can be repeated:

cme fix dpkg -from 'control binary:foo Depends' -from 'control source Build-Depends'

filter
Filter the leaf according to a pattern. The pattern is applied to the element name to be fixed
Example:

cme fix dpkg -from control -filter Build # will fix all Build-Depends and Build-Depend-Indep

cme fix dpkg -filter Depend

modify
Modify a configuration file with the values passed on the command line. These command must follow the
syntax defined in Config::Model::Loader (which is similar to the output of cme dump command)

Example:

cme modify dpkg source format="quilt (3.0)"
cme modify multistrap my_mstrap.conf sections:base source="http://ftp.fr.debian.org"

This example restores the default value of the text of all GPL like licenses:

cme modify dpkg-copyright 'License=~/GPL/ text~'

search
You can search the configuration with the following options

-search
Specifies a string or pattern to search. "cme" will a list of path pointing to the matching tree
element and their value. See "grab(...)" in Config::Model::AnyThing for details on the path syntax.

-narrow-search
Narrows down the search to:

element
value
key
summary
Summary text

description
description text

help
value help text

Example:

$ cme search multistrap my_mstrap.conf -search http -narrow value
sections:base source -> 'http://ftp.fr.debian.org'
sections:debian source -> 'http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian'
sections:toolchains source -> 'http://www.emdebian.org/debian'

dump
Dump configuration content on STDOUT with Config::Model syntax.

By default, dump only custom values, i.e. different from application built-in values or model default
values. You can use the "-dumptype" option for other types of dump:

-dumptype [ full | preset | custom ]

Choose to dump every values (full), only preset values or only customized values (default)

fusefs
Map the configuration file content to a FUSE virtual file system on a directory specified with option
"-fuse-dir". To stop (and write the configuration data back to the configuration file), run "fusermount
-u <mounted_fuse_dir>".

Options:

-fuse-dir
Mandatory. Directory where the virtual file system will be mounted.

-dfuse
Use this option to debug fuse problems.

-dir-char
Fuse will fail if an element name or key name contains '/'. You can specify a subsitution string to
replace '/' in the fused dir. Default is "<slash>".

Global options

       The following options are available for all commands:

       -experience
           Change the experience level. By default only parameters  with  "beginner"  experience  are  shown  or
           modifiable.  You  can choose "advanced" or "master" level to get access to more parameters. Note that
           experience level can be changed in the GUI with the options menu.

       -create
           Perform the operation even if the configuration file is missing. This may be used to create a minimal
           configuration file. This option is  disabled  by  default  as  a  missing  configuration  file  often
           indicates an error during the installation of the application.

       -force-load
           Load file even if error are found in data. Bad data are discarded

       -backup
           Create  a  backup  of  configuration  files  before saving. By default, "old" will be appended to the
           backup file. I.e. "foo.conf" will be backed up as  "foo.conf.old".   You  can  specify  an  alternate
           suffix. For instance "-backup dpkg-old".

Advanced options

       -dev
           Use this option if you want to test a model under development. This option will add "lib" in @INC and
           use "lib/Config/Model/models" as model directory. This option is ignored when run as root.

       -model-dir
           Specify an alternate directory to find model files. Mostly useful for tests.

       -root-dir
           Specify  a pseudo root directory to read and write the configuration files. (Actual default directory
           and file names depends on the model (See "-model" option). For instance, if you  specify  "~/mytest",
           the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" files will be written in "~/mytest/etc/ssh/" directory.

       -stack-trace
           Provides a full stack trace when exiting on error.

       -backend
           Specify a read/write backend. The actual backend name depends on the model passed to "-model" option.
           See Config::Model::BackendMgr for details.

       -try-app-as-model
           When  set,  try to load a model using directly the application name specified as 3rd parameter on the
           command line. Experimental.

Embedding cme

       You can use cme from another program by using "-ui simple" option. This way you  will  be  able  to  send
       command on the standard input of "cme" and get the results from the standard output.

cme extensions

       New  "cme"  subcommands  can be placed in extensions directory (i.e. in "Config/Model/extensions". When a
       cme command matched one of this extension, the extension will be run. For instance, if you have:

        .../Config/Model/extensions/cme-foo

       Running "cme foo" will run this program (who must be written in Perl) with the same arguments as "cme".

Logging

       All Config::Model logging is now based on Log::Log4perl.  Logging can  be  configured  in  the  following
       files:

       •

            ~/.log4config-model

       •

            /etc/log4config-model.conf

       A  sample of a ".log4config-model" is provided in contrib directory in "Config::Model" distribution of on
       github <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/blob/master/contrib/log4config-model>

       Without these files, the following Log4perl config is used:

        log4perl.logger=WARN, Screen
        log4perl.appender.Screen        = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
        log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr = 0
        log4perl.appender.Screen.layout = Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
        log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %m %n

       Log4perl uses the following categories:

       Anything
       Anything::Change
           Trace change notification through configuration tree and instance.

       Backend
       Backend::Debian::Dpkg
       Backend::Debian::Dpkg::Control
       Backend::Debian::Dpkg::Copyright
       Backend::Fstab
       Backend::IniFile
       Backend::PlainFile
       Backend::ShellVar
       Backend::Yaml
       FuseUI
       Instance
       Loader
       Model::Searcher
       Tree::Element::CheckList
       Tree::Element::Id
       Tree::Element::Id::Hash
       Tree::Element::Id::List
       Tree::Element::Value
       Tree::Element::Value::Dependency
       Tree::Node
       Tree::Node::Warped
       ValueComputer
       Warper
       Wizard::Helper
       Model

       More categories will come.

BUGS

   Configuration models can lag behind the target application
       If a configuration model is not up-to-date, you will get errors complaining about unknown parameters.  In
       such  a case, please file a bug on request tracked <http://rt.cpan.org/> or fix the model and send a pull
       request.  You  can  see  this  example  from  OpenSsh  <https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/wiki/New-
       parameter-for-openssh-example> to learn how to fix a model.

SUPPORT

       For support, please check the following resources:

       •   The config-model users mailing list:

            config-model-users at lists.sourceforge.net

       •   The config-model wiki: <http://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/wiki>

FEEDBACKS

       Feedback  from  users  are  highly  desired. If you find this module useful, please share your use cases,
       success stories with the author or with the config-model- users mailing list.

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont, ddumont at cpan dot org

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SYNOPSIS

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Advanced options

Embedding cme

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