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APT-DATER(5) [FIXME: manual] APT-DATER(5)

NAME

apt-dater.conf - configuration file of apt-dater(8)

SYNOPSIS

[Section]
parameter=value
parameter=value;value;...;

DESCRIPTION

The file apt-dater.conf is the configuration file for apt-dater(8). apt-dater(8) is a program to manage package updats on a large number of remote hosts using SSH. This man page descripes briefly the parameters of the file apt-dater.conf. The default location of this file is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.conf.
The syntax of the configuration file is the syntax of glib keyfiles.

OPTIONS

Section [Paths]

HostsFile= $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/hosts.conf
The location of the file contains all host which will be managed with apt-dater. (optional)
StatsDir= $XDG_DATA_HOME/apt-dater
The location of the directory which contains the status files of any host. (optional)

Section [Screen]

RCFile= $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/apt-dater/screenrc
Location of screen(1) config file. (optional)
Title= %m # %u@%h:%p
Template for screen titles using string escapes. (optional)
NoDumps= false
Enables/disables support of screen dumps. (optional)
QueryMaintainer= 0
If set to 1, apt-dater will ask for the maintainers name on startup. If set to 2, apt-dater will only ask if no MAINTAINER environment variable is set.

Section [SSH]

Cmd= /usr/bin/ssh
The location of ssh-client binary.
SFTPCmd
The command to initiate sftp file transfer e.g. /usr/bin/sftp
OptionalCmdFlags
Additional ssh-client command flags, which will be appended.
SpawnAgent= false
If enabled, apt-dater tries to spawn ssh-agent(1) if none is already running. ssh-add(1) will be called to load your private keys.
AddKeys
List of private keys which should be loaded when apt-dater calls ssh-add(1).

Section [Commands]

CmdRefresh= apt-dater-host refresh
The command which will be used to refresh the status of the managed host.
CmdUpgrade= apt-dater-host upgrade
The command which will be used to intitate a upgrade of a managed host.
CmdInstall= apt-dater-host install %s
The command which will be used to update a single package. %s will be replaced by the name of the package.

Section [Appearance]

Colors
Set your own color style of the ui components. To highlight colors you can use the bright* keyword. Example: Colors=menu brightgreen blue;status brightgreen blue;selector black red;
 
.
Components are:
default
menu
status
selector
hoststatus
query
input
 
Colors are:
default
black
cyan
green
magenta
red
white
yellow

Section [AutoRef]

enabled= true
Enabled the auto refresh feature if compiled in (see README.autoref).

Section [Notify]

bell= true
Enables user notification by terminal bell.
flash= true
Enables user notification by terminal flashing.

Section [History]

ErrPattern= (error|warning|fail)
A regular expression pattern to match the screen output. A match indicates the user should be asked to review the output (using less). (Optional)
record= true
Enables session recording using script(1). (Optional)

Section [Hooks]

PreUpdate= /etc/apt-dater/pre-upg.d, PreRefresh=/etc/apt-dater/pre-ref.d, PreInstall= /etc/apt-dater/pre-ins.d, PreConnect= /etc/apt-dater/pre-con.d, PostUpdate= /etc/apt-dater/post-upg.d, PostRefresh=/etc/apt-dater/post-ref.d, PostInstall= /etc/apt-dater/post-ins.d, PostConnect= /etc/apt-dater/post-con.d
Hooks to be run before and after an action on a host is done. The values should be path names, any executable script within these directories will be run by run-parts(8).

STRING ESCAPES

apt-dater(8) provides an string escape mechanism. The escape character is '%'.
 

.sp
 
Table 1. List of supported escapes.
escape replaced by
% escape character
h hostname
m maintainer name
p SSH port number
u SSH username
 

FILES

apt-dater.conf
 
The configuration file of apt-dater.
hosts.conf
Contains all hosts you would like to manage.

SEE ALSO

apt-dater(8), aptitude(1), apt-get(1), debtrack, screen(1), script(1), ssh(1), XDG Base Directory Specification[1].

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008-2012 IBH IT-Service GmbH [ http://www.ibh.de/]
 

NOTES

1.
XDG Base Directory Specification
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec
May 29, 2012 [FIXME: source]