APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1) 			       APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)



NAME
       apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract DebConf config and templates
       from Debian packages

SYNOPSIS
       apt-extracttemplates [-hv] [-t=temporary directory] file...

DESCRIPTION
       apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as
       input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
       scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
       config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in
       the format:

       package version template-file config-script

       template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
       specified by the -t or --tempdir (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir)
       directory, with filenames of the form package.template.XXXX and
       package.config.XXXX

OPTIONS
       All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
       descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
       options you can override the config file by using something like
       -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.

       -t, --tempdir
	  Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template
	  files and config scripts Configuration Item:
	  APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir

       -h, --help
	  Show a short usage summary.

       -v, --version
	  Show the program version.

       -c, --config-file
	  Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program
	  will read the default configuration file and then this configuration
	  file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

       -o, --option
	  Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration
	  option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.

SEE ALSO
       apt.conf(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       apt-extracttemplates returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on
       error.

BUGS
       [1]APT bug page. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
       /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1) command.

AUTHORS
       Jason Gunthorpe
	  Author.

       APT team
	  Author.

REFERENCES
       1. APT bug page
	  http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt



Linux			       29 February 2004        APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)