GCONFTOOL-2(1)							   User Commands						    GCONFTOOL-2(1)

NAME

       gconftool-2 - GNOME configuration tool

SYNOPSIS

       gconftool-2   [-?]   [-?|--help]   [--usage]  [-s|--set]  [-g|--get]  [--set-schema]  [-u|--unset]  [--recursive-unset]	[-a|--all-entries]
       [--all-dirs]  [--dump]  [--load=STRING]	[-R|--recursive-list]  [--dir-exists=STRING]   [--shutdown]   [-p|--ping]   [--spawn]	[-t|--type
       int|bool|float|string|list|pair]     [-T|--get-type]	[--get-list-size]     [--get-list-element]     [--list-type=int|bool|float|string]
       [--car-type=int|bool|float|string] [--cdr-type=int|bool|float|string] [--short-desc=DESCRIPTION] [--long-desc=DESCRIPTION]  [--owner=OWNER]
       [--install-schema-file=FILENAME]  [--config-source=SOURCE]  [--direct]  [--makefile-install-rule] [--makefile-uninstall-rule] [--break-key]
       [--break-directory] [--short-docs] [--long-docs] [--get-schema-name] [--apply-schema] [--unapply-schema] [--get-default-source]	[-v|--ver-
       sion]

DESCRIPTION

       Each preference in the GConf repository is expressed as a key-value pair. A GConf preference key is an element in the GConf repository that
       corresponds to an application prefer-ence.  Preference keys typically have simple values such as strings, integers, or lists of strings and
       integers. The default key-value pairs are installed on the system, and are known as schemas. gconftool-2 is the command-line interface tool
       that enables you to set the values of keys, display the values of keys, and install schemas from schema definition files when  you  install
       an  application.  The  GConf  preference  keys are stored and managed by the GConf daemon (gconfd-2).  These keys are cached in memory, and
       saved to disk in XML format when appropriate.

OPTIONS

       -s, --set
	      Set a key to a value and sync. Use with --type.

       -g, --get
	      Print the value of a key to standard output.

       -u, --unset
	      Unset the keys on the command line.

       --recursive-unset
	      Recursively unset all keys at or below the key/directory names on the command line.

       -a, --all-entries
	      Print all key/value pairs in a directory.

       --all-dirs
	      Print all subdirectories in a directory.

       -R, --recursive-list
	      Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively.

       --dir-exists=STRING
	      Return 0 if the directory exists, 2 if it does not.

       -t, --type=int|bool|float|string|list|pair
	      Specify the type of the value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

       --list-type=int|bool|float|string
	      Specify the type of the list value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

       --car-type=int|bool|float|string
	      Specify the type of the car pair value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

       --cdr-type=int|bool|float|string
	      Specify the type of the cdr pair value being set, or the type of the value a schema describes. Unique abbreviations are allowed.

       --short-desc=DESCRIPTION
	      Specify a short half-line description to go in a schema.

       --long-desc=DESCRIPTION
	      Specify a several-line description to go in a schema.

       --owner=OWNER
	      Specify the owner of a schema.

       --install-schema-file=FILENAME
	      Specify a schema file to be installed

       --config-source=SOURCE
	      Specify a configuration source to use rather than the default path

       --direct
	      Access the config database directly, bypassing server. Requires that gconfd is not running.

       --set-schema
	      Set a schema and sync. Use with --short-desc, --long-desc, --owner, and --type.

       --makefile-install-rule
	      Properly installs schema files on the command line into the database. GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE environment variable should be	set  to  a
	      non-default config source or set to the empty string to use the default.

       --break-key
	      Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of values of different types for keys on the command line.

       --break-directory
	      Torture-test an application by setting and unsetting a bunch of keys inside the directories on the command line.

       --short-docs
	      Get the short doc string for a key

       --long-docs
	      Get the long doc string for a key

       --get-schema-name
	      Get the name of the schema applied to this key

       --apply-schema
	      Specify the schema name followed by the key to apply the schema name to

       --unapply-schema
	      Remove any schema name applied to the given keys

       --get-default-source
	      Get the name of the default source.

       --shutdown
	      Shut down gconfd. Don't use this option without good reason.

       -p, --ping
	      Return 0 if gconfd is running, 2 if not.

       --spawn
	      Launch the config server (gconfd). (Normally happens automatically when needed.)

       -v, --version
	      Print version

       Help options

       -?, --help
	      Show the help message.

       --usage
	      Display brief usage message.

EXAMPLES

       Display the path to the current desktop wallpaper.

	      gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename

       Change the widget font to "Serif 12"

	      gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Serif 12"

AUTHOR

       GConf was written by Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>.

SEE ALSO

       The GConf web site, http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/.

gconftool-2 2.2.1						   Feburary 2006						    GCONFTOOL-2(1)