NAME¶

fvwm-config - query an existing fvwm installation

SYNOPSIS¶

fvwm-config [--help] [--version] [--info] [--prefix]

DESCRIPTION¶

fvwm-config is a shell script that provides an information about the fvwm version, installation directories, built-in paths and supported features.

OPTIONS¶

fvwm-config prints to the standard output in all options. Both short and long GNU-like option names may be used.

-h --help -?

-v --version -V

-i --info

-P --prefix

-E --exec-prefix

-B --bindir

-D --datadir

-L --libexecdir

-S --sysconfdir

-M --mandir

-O --localedir

-m --fvwm-moduledir

-d --fvwm-datadir

-p --fvwm-perllibdir

-I --default-imagepath

-U --default-userdir

-e --fvwm-exe

-s --supports

--supports-<feature>

USAGE¶

Here are some real life usages.

Checks for xft support: if fvwm-config --supports-xft; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi

fvwm-themes package checks for the correct fvwm version installed using: fvwm-config --version

and tries to use the same installation directories: fvwm-config --bindir --mandir --fvwm-datadir

A way to find the full path to the fvwm executable: echo fvwm-config --bindir/fvwm-config --fvwm-exe

A way to start modules in perl: use lib fvwm-config -p | tr -d '; use FVWM::Module;

For a more human readable output, try: fvwm-config --info

COPYING¶

fvwm-config is a part of fvwm package and distributed by the same terms, see GNU GPL.

AUTHOR¶

Mikhael Goikhman <migo@homemail.com>