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16 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
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21 <date>29 February 2004</date>
22 </refentryinfo>
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24 <refmeta>
25 <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</refentrytitle>
26 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
27 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
28 </refmeta>
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30 <!-- Man page title -->
31 <refnamediv>
32 <refname>apt-extracttemplates</refname>
33 <refpurpose>Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages</refpurpose>
34 </refnamediv>
35
36 <!-- Arguments -->
37 <refsynopsisdiv>
38 <cmdsynopsis>
39 <command>apt-extracttemplates</command>
40 <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
41 <arg><option>-t=<replaceable>temporary directory</replaceable></option></arg>
42 <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
43 </cmdsynopsis>
44 </refsynopsisdiv>
45
46 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
47 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package files
48 as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
49 scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
50 config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated
51 in the format:</para>
52 <para>package version template-file config-script</para>
53 <para>template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
54 specified by the -t or --tempdir (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>)
55 directory, with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and
56 <filename>package.config.XXXX</filename></para>
57 </refsect1>
58
59 <refsect1><title>options</title>
60 &apt-cmdblurb;
61
62 <variablelist>
63 <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term><term><option>--tempdir</option></term>
64 <listitem><para>
65 Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files
66 and config scripts.
67 Configuration Item: <literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal></para></listitem>
68 </varlistentry>
69
70 &apt-commonoptions;
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72 </variablelist>
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75 </refsect1>
76
77 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
78 <para>&apt-conf;</para>
79 </refsect1>
80
81 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
82 <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
83 </refsect1>
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