dconf(1)

NAME

   dconf - Simple tool for manipulating a dconf database

SYNOPSIS

   dconf read KEY

   dconf list DIR

   dconf write KEY VALUE

   dconf reset [-f] PATH

   dconf compile OUTPUT KEYFILEDIR

   dconf update

   dconf watch PATH

   dconf dump DIR

   dconf load DIR

   dconf help [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

   The dconf program can perform various operations on a dconf database,
   such as reading or writing individual values or entire directories.
   This tool operates on dconf directly, without using gsettings schema
   information. Therefore, it cannot perform type and consistency checks
   on values. The gsettings(1) utility is an alternative if such checks
   are needed.

   The DIR arguments must be directory paths (starting and ending with
   '/'), the KEY arguments must be key paths (starting, but not ending
   with '/') and the PATH arguments can be either directory or key paths.

   The OUTPUT argument must the location to write a (binary) dconf
   database to and the KEYFILEDIR argument must be a .d directory
   containing keyfiles.

   VALUE arguments must be in GVariant format, so e.g. a string must
   include explicit quotes: "'foo'". This format is also used when
   printing out values.

   Note that dconf needs a D-Bus session bus connection to write changes
   to the dconf database.

COMMANDS

   read
       Read the value of a key.

   list
       List the sub-keys and sub-directories of a directory.

   write
       Write a new value to a key.

   reset
       Reset a key or an entire directory. For directories, -f must be
       specified.

   compile
       Compile a binary database from keyfiles.

       The result is always in little-endian byte order, so it can be
       safely installed in 'share'. If it is used on a big endian machine,
       dconf will automatically byteswap the contents on read.

   update
       Update the system dconf databases.

   watch
       Watch a key or directory for changes.

   dump
       Dump an entire subpath to stdout. The output is in a keyfile-like
       format, with values in GVariant syntax.

   load
       Populate a subpath from stdin. The expected format is the same as
       produced by dump.

   help
       Display help and exit. If COMMAND is given, display help for this
       command.

ENVIRONMENT

   DCONF_PROFILE
       This environment variable determines which dconf profile to use.
       See dconf(7).

SEE ALSO

   dconf(7), gsettings(1), dconf-editor(1)

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