patchinstall.cfg
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Configuration Files (4)
Updated: 06 June 2009
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NAME
patchinstall.cfg - configuration file for patchinstall
SYNOPSIS
edrc/etc/patchinstall.cfg
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
This is the configuration file for the
patchinstall
command.
FILEFORMAT
The fileformat is
OPTION=VALUE
Between the
OPTION,
the
=
and the
VALUE
are no spaces.
Rows starting with a
#
are considered as comments.
You should not comment out any
OPTION
If you like to use
default settings simply do not specify a
VALUE.
OPTIONS
- START_USER
-
This is the user
patchinstall
has to be started with.
-
Example: START_USER=eroot
Default: START_USER=root
- BACKUP_DIR
-
patchinstall
saves all files ahead of patching the
files to a backup file to this directory.
-
Example: BACKUP_DIR=/var/opt/edrc/backup
Default: BACKUP_DIR=var/backup
- LOG
-
Log output dir of
patchinstall.
If you specify a relative path name the
path is relative to the root of the WA2L/edrc installation.
-
Example: LOG=/var/opt/edrc/log
Default: LOG=var/log
- LOG_LEVEL
-
Level of information written to the logfile. If all messages
should be logged to the logfile, set this setting to
verbose,
if only the minimum should be logged, set it to
minimal.
The
verbose
setting causes that all output as seen on the screen (stdout)
will also be saved to the logfile.
-
Example: LOG_LEVEL=minimal
Default: LOG_LEVEL=verbose
- PACKAGE_FILES_APP
-
Application files.
-
Example: PACKAGE_FILES_APP=edrc
Default: PACKAGE_FILES_APP=""
- STATIC_FILES_APP
-
Static installed files.
-
Example: STATIC_FILES_APP=edrc_STATIC
Default: STATIC_FILES_APP=""
- BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES
-
If set to
True,
the files that will be patched are backed up
previous to overwriting. Else set it to
False.
-
Example: BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES=False
Default: BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES=True
- BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES_GENERATIONS
-
When this setting is set to a value other then 0, purging
of old patched files backup files takes place. The number
specified here is the number of most recent backup files
that are kept.
-
Example: BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES_GENERATIONS=10
Default: BACKUP_PATCHED_FILES_GENERATIONS=0
- BACKUP_CORPSES
-
If set to
True,
the identified corpses are backed up
previous to removal. Else set it to
False.
-
Example: BACKUP_CORPSES=False
Default: BACKUP_CORPSES=True
- BACKUP_CORPSES_GENERATIONS
-
When this setting is set to a value other then 0, purging
of old corpses backup files takes place. The number specified
here is the number of most recent backup files that are kept.
-
Example: BACKUP_CORPSES_GENERATIONS=10
Default: BACKUP_CORPSES_GENERATIONS=0
SEE ALSO
patchinstall(1m),
edrcintro(1)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
patchinstall.cfg was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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