NAME
gconftool-2 - GNOME configuration tool
SYNOPSIS
gconftool-2 [-?] [-?|help] [usage] [-s|set] [-g|get]
[set-schema] [-u|unset] [recursive-unset] [-a|all-entries]
[all-dirs] [dump] [load=STRING] [-R|recursive-list]
[dir-exists=STRING] [shutdown] [-p|ping] [spawn] [-t|type
int|bool|float|string|list|pair] [-T|get-type] [get-list-size]
[get-list-element] [list-type=int|bool|float|string]
[car-type=int|bool|float|string] [cdr-type=int|bool|float|string]
[short-desc=DESCRIPTION] [long-desc=DESCRIPTION] [owner=OWNER]
[install-schema-file=FILENAME] [config-source=SOURCE] [direct]
[makefile-install-rule] [makefile-uninstall-rule] [break-key]
[break-directory] [short-docs] [long-docs] [get-schema-name]
[apply-schema] [unapply-schema] [get-default-source] [-v|ver‐
sion]
DESCRIPTION
Each preference in the GConf repository is expressed as a key-value
pair. A GConf preference key is an element in the GConf repository that
corresponds to an application preference. Preference keys typically
have simple values such as strings, integers, or lists of strings and
integers. The default key-value pairs are installed on the system, and
are known as schemas. gconftool-2 is the command-line interface tool
that enables you to set the values of keys, display the values of keys,
and install schemas from schema definition files when you install an
application. The GConf preference keys are stored and managed by the
GConf daemon (gconfd-2). These keys are cached in memory, and saved to
disk in XML format when appropriate.
OPTIONS
-s, set
Set a key to a value and sync. Use with type.
-g, get
Print the value of a key to standard output.
-u, unset
Unset the keys on the command line.
recursive-unset
Recursively unset all keys at or below the key/directory names
on the command line.
-a, all-entries
Print all key/value pairs in a directory.
all-dirs
Print all subdirectories in a directory.
-R, recursive-list
Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively.
dir-exists=STRING
Return 0 if the directory exists, 2 if it does not.
-t, type=int|bool|float|string|list|pair
Specify the type of the value being set, or the type of the
value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
list-type=int|bool|float|string
Specify the type of the list value being set, or the type of the
value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
car-type=int|bool|float|string
Specify the type of the car pair value being set, or the type of
the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
cdr-type=int|bool|float|string
Specify the type of the cdr pair value being set, or the type of
the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.
short-desc=DESCRIPTION
Specify a short half-line description to go in a schema.
long-desc=DESCRIPTION
Specify a several-line description to go in a schema.
owner=OWNER
Specify the owner of a schema.
install-schema-file=FILENAME
Specify a schema file to be installed
config-source=SOURCE
Specify a configuration source to use rather than the default
path
direct
Access the config database directly, bypassing server. Requires
that gconfd is not running.
set-schema
Set a schema and sync. Use with short-desc, long-desc,
owner, and type.
makefile-install-rule
Properly installs schema files on the command line into the
database. GCONFCONFIGSOURCE environment variable should be set
to a non-default config source or set to the empty string to use
the default.
break-key
Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of
values of different types for keys on the command line.
break-directory
Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of
keys inside the directories on the command line.
short-docs
Get the short doc string for a key
long-docs
Get the long doc string for a key
get-schema-name
Get the name of the schema applied to this key
apply-schema
Specify the schema name followed by the key to apply the schema
name to
unapply-schema
Remove any schema name applied to the given keys
get-default-source
Get the name of the default source.
shutdown
Shut down gconfd. Don't use this option without good reason.
-p, ping
Return 0 if gconfd is running, 2 if not.
spawn
Launch the config server (gconfd). (Normally happens automati‐
cally when needed.)
-v, version
Print version
Help options
-?, help
Show the help message.
EXAMPLES
Display the path to the current desktop wallpaper.
gconftool-2 get /desktop/gnome/background/picturefilename
Change the widget font to "Serif 12"
gconftool-2 type string set /desktop/gnome/inter‐
face/fontname "Serif 12"
AUTHOR
GConf was written by Havoc Pennington .
SEE ALSO
The GConf web site, http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/.
gconftool-2 2.2.1 February 2006 GCONFTOOL-2(1)