apt-dater.config — configuration file of apt-dater(8)
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The file apt-dater.config is the
configuration file for apt-dater(8).
apt-dater(8) is a program to manage package updats
on a large number of remote hosts using SSH.
This man page descripes briefly the parameters of the file
apt-dater.config.
The default location of this file is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/apt-dater.config.
The configuration file is parsed using libconfig. Please be aware that config statements are case sensitive. Look at libconfig's documentation for more details about the required file syntax.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.config";The location of the file contains all host which will be managed with apt-dater. (optional)
$XDG_DATA_HOME/apt-dater";The location of the directory which contains the status files of any host. (optional)
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/screenrc";Location of screen(1) config file. (optional)
%m # %u@%h:%p";Template for screen titles using string escapes. (optional)
false;Enables/disables support of screen dumps. (optional)
0;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.
/usr/bin/ssh";The location of ssh-client binary.
The command to initiate sftp file transfer e.g. /usr/bin/sftp
Additional ssh-client command flags, which will be appended.
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.
List of private keys which should be loaded when apt-dater calls ssh-add(1).
apt-dater-host refresh";The command which will be used to refresh the status of the managed host.
apt-dater-host upgrade";The command which will be used to intitate a upgrade of a managed host.
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.
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:
Colors are:
true;Enables user notification by terminal bell.
true;Enables user notification by terminal flashing.
((?<!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)
true;Enables session recording using script(1). (Optional)
/etc/apt-dater/pre-upg.d";, PreRefresh="/etc/apt-dater/pre-ref.d";, PreInstall="/etc/apt-dater/pre-ins.d";, PreConnect="/etc/apt-dater/pre-con.d";, PostUpdate="/etc/apt-dater/post-upg.d";, PostRefresh="/etc/apt-dater/post-ref.d";, PostInstall="/etc/apt-dater/post-ins.d";, PostConnect="/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).
| 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. |
apt-dater.configThe configuration file of apt-dater.
hosts.configContains all hosts you would like to manage.
apt-dater(8), apt-get(1), debtrack, screen(1), script(1), ssh(1), XDG Base Directory Specification, libconfig documentation.