Modes¶

The following modes are available:

-d, --dump

Output an alphabetically sorted dump of the current configuration in conf file format. Accepts an optional filename in which to write the output.

-e, --entry

retrieve the config entry rather than its current expanded value

-i, --isset

Test if a specific tag has a value set.

-g, --get

Output the current value of the specified tag.

-s, --set

Update or Add a tag and value to the config file in a specified section, creating the tag, section, and file if necessary. If the section is defined as '#' then a comment is appended to the file. If a comment is set with a tag name then any exiting tagged comment with a matching name is replaced.

-u, --unset

Remove the specified tag and its value from the config file.

Options valid in all modes¶

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity and print debugging information.

-f, --file infile

Select a different config file to operate upon, default is /etc/nfs.conf

Options only valid in --entry and --get and --isset modes.¶

-a, --arg subsection

Select a specific sub-section

Options only valid in --set mode.¶

-m, --modified "Modified by nfsconf" Set the text on the Modified date comment in the file. Set to empty to remove.

--isset mode¶

In this mode the command will return success (0) if the selected tag has a value, any other exit code indicates the value is not set, or some other error has occurred.

all other modes¶

Success is indicated by an exit status of zero, any other status indicates an error. Error messages are output on stderr, and increasing verbosity will give more detailed explanations if any are available.