SYNOPSIS

       apt-extracttemplates [-hv] [-t=temporary directory] file...

DESCRIPTION

       apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as
       input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
       scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
       config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in
       the format:

       package version template-file config-script

       template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
       specified by the -t or --tempdir (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir)
       directory, with filenames of the form package.template.XXXX and
       package.config.XXXX

OPTIONS

       All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
       descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
       options you can override the config file by using something like
       -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.

       -t, --tempdir
          Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template
          files and config scripts Configuration Item:
          APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir

       -h, --help
          Show a short usage summary.

       -v, --version
          Show the program version.

       -c, --config-file
          Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program
          will read the default configuration file and then this configuration
          file. See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

       -o, --option
          Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration
          option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.

SEE ALSO

       apt.conf(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       apt-extracttemplates returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on
       error.

BUGS

Linux                          29 February 2004        APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)