DCONF(1)                                                   User Commands                                                   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)

dconf                                                                                                                      DCONF(1)

Usage:
  dconf COMMAND [ARGS...]

Commands:
  help              Show this information
  read              Read the value of a key
  list              List the contents of a dir
  write             Change the value of a key
  reset             Reset the value of a key or dir
  compile           Compile a binary database from keyfiles
  update            Update the system databases
  watch             Watch a path for changes
  dump              Dump an entire subpath to stdout
  load              Populate a subpath from stdin