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

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BUGS

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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.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
FILEFORMAT
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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