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debconf-communicate(1)


NAME

   debconf-communicate - communicate with debconf

SYNOPSIS

    echo commands | debconf-communicate [options] [package]

DESCRIPTION

   debconf-communicate allows you to communicate with debconf on the fly,
   from the command line. The package argument is the name of the package
   which you are pretending to be as you communicate with debconf, and it
   may be omitted if you are lazy. It reads commands in the form used by
   the debconf protocol from stdin. For documentation on the available
   commands and their usage, see the debconf specification.

   The commands are executed in sequence. The textual return code of each
   is printed out to standard output.

   The return value of this program is the numeric return code of the last
   executed command.

EXAMPLE

    echo get debconf/frontend | debconf-communicate

   Print out the value of the debconf/frontend question.

WARNING

   This program should never be used from a maintainer script of a package
   that uses debconf! It may however, be useful in debugging.

SEE ALSO

   debconf-loadtemplate(1)

AUTHOR

   Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

                              2016-04-27            DEBCONF-COMMUNICATE(1)



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