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.IX Title "DEBCONF-SHOW 1"
.TH DEBCONF-SHOW 1 2024-02-13 "" Debconf
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.SH NAME
debconf\-show \- query the debconf database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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\& debconf\-show packagename [...] [\-\-db=dbname]
\& debconf\-show \-\-listowners [\-\-db=dbname]
\& debconf\-show \-\-listdbs
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBdebconf-show\fR lets you query the debconf database in different ways.
.PP
The most common use is "debconf-show packagename", which displays all items
in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their current values.
Questions that have been asked already are prefixed with an '*'.
.PP
This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports
involving a package's use of debconf.
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP \fB\-\-db=\fR\fIdbname\fR 4
.IX Item "--db=dbname"
Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main
database.
.IP \fB\-\-listowners\fR 4
.IX Item "--listowners"
Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is
equivalent to a debian package name.
.IP \fB\-\-listdbs\fR 4
.IX Item "--listdbs"
Lists all available databases.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> and Sylvain Ferriol