Name

apt-config

Synopsis

apt-config [options] shell args
apt-config [options] dump

An internal program for querying configuration information.

Commands

dump

Display the contents of the configuration space.

shell

Access the configuration information from a shell script. The arguments are in pairs, specifying the name of a shell variable and a configuration value to query. The value may be postfixed with / x, where x is one of the following letters:

b

Return true or false.

d

Return directories.

f

Return filenames.

i

Return an integer.

Options

The common options listed earlier are accepted.

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