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|--version]

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/.