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KDB-INFO(1) KDB-INFO(1)

NAME

kdb-info - Print information about an Elektra plugin

SYNOPSIS

kdb info <plugin> [<clause name>]

Where plugin is the plugin in which the user would like to know information about.
The optional clause name argument can be used to just print information from a certain clause.

DESCRIPTION

This command will print out all the information about an Elektra plugin except it´s configuration.
This command will also print out any functions that are exported by the plugin.
Information about a plugin will be read from system/elektra/modules/. If the information could not be lcoated there, such as when a plugin is not mounted, the module will be loaded dynamically and then the infromation will be requested directly from the plugin.
If a user wishes to load the infromation directly from the plugin, they can force that by using the -l option.

RETURN VALUES

This command returns the following exit statuses:

0:

The command was successful.

1:

A clause name was specified but not found.

OPTIONS

Show the man page.
Print version info.
Load plugin even if system/elektra is available.
Add a plugin configuration.

EXAMPLES

To print all the information about the dump plugin:
kdb info dump

To print out the license of the resolver plugin directly by forcing it to load:
kdb info -l resolver licence

To print out the author of the line plugin:
kdb info line author

2015-11-19