path2listing - script facilitating the conversion to managing gconf configuration sources with desktop-profiles

path2listing [options]

This script takes a single gconf path file (the systemwide one, i.e. /etc/gconf/2/path, when not told otherwise) and reads through it in order to create an ordered list of known configuration sources (it will recurse into included path files when necessary). Using that ordered list it will then create a desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file containing metadata for all known configuration sources, assigning a precedence value to each encountered configuration source so that:

a) the order of sources is the same

b) there is space between the precedence values of the various sources to allow for inclusion of additional profiles in the future.

c) all mandatory sources have a positive precedence value, and all non-mandatory sources have a negative precedence value

In addition to generating the desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file, this script will also replace the converted path file by one that assumes that desktop-profiles manages all configuration sources (NOTE: a backup copy of all changed files is made, so you can always go back to the previous situation).

-d,--distance

distance between the precedence values of each successive pair of configuration sources (defaults to 50), the idea being that you leave some space to insert future sources.

-f, --file

path file to convert (defaults to /etc/gconf/2/path)

-h, --help

display the help message

-o, --output-file

file to put the generated metadata in (defaults to /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing). If this file exists a backup copy will be made prior to overwriting it.

--no-replace-file

don't replace the path file we're converted with one assuming desktop-profiles manages activation

/etc/gconf/2/path - systemwide gconf path file, default path file to convert

/etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing - default name for the file containing the generated metadata

This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis <cobaco@skolelinux.no>.

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