NAME

       kdb-info - Print information about an Elektra plugin

SYNOPSIS

       kdb info <plugin> [<clause name>]

       Where plugin is the plugin in which the user would like to know information about.
       The optional clause name argument can be used to just print information from a certain clause.

DESCRIPTION

       This command will print out all the information about an Elektra plugin except it´s configuration.
       This command will also print out any functions that are exported by the plugin.
       Information  about  a  plugin  will be read from system/elektra/modules/. If the information could not be
       lcoated there, such as when a plugin is not mounted, the module will be loaded dynamically and  then  the
       infromation will be requested directly from the plugin.
       If  a  user  wishes to load the infromation directly from the plugin, they can force that by using the -l
       option.

RETURN VALUES

       This command returns the following exit statuses:

       0:
              The command was successful.

       1:
              A clause name was specified but not found.

OPTIONS

       -H, --help
              Show the man page.

       -V, --version
              Print version info.

       -l, --load
              Load plugin even if system/elektra is available.

       -c, --plugins-config
              Add a plugin configuration.

EXAMPLES

       To print all the information about the dump plugin:
       kdb info dump

       To print out the license of the resolver plugin directly by forcing it to load:
       kdb info -l resolver licence

       To print out the author of the line plugin:
       kdb info line author

                                                  November 2015                                      KDB-INFO(1)