NAME
fvwm-config - query an existing fvwm installation
SYNOPSIS
fvwm-config [--help] [--version] [--info] [--prefix] [--exec-prefix]
[--bindir] [--datadir] [--libexecdir] [--sysconfdir] [--mandir]
[--localedir] [--fvwm-moduledir] [--fvwm-datadir] [--fvwm-perllibdir]
[--default-imagepath] [--default-userdir] [--fvwm-exe] [--supports]
[--supports-<feature>] [--is-final] [--is-stable] [--release-date]
DESCRIPTION
fvwm-config is a shell script that provides an information about the
fvwm version, installation directories, built-in paths and supported
features.
OPTIONS
fvwm-config prints to the standard output in all options. Both short
and long GNU-like option names may be used.
-h --help -?
prints the short usage
-v --version -V
prints the version
-i --info
prints the full info page
-P --prefix
prints the installation prefix
-E --exec-prefix
prints the installation exec-prefix
-B --bindir
prints the installation bindir
-D --datadir
prints the installation datadir
-L --libexecdir
prints the installation libexecdir
-S --sysconfdir
prints the installation sysconfdir
-M --mandir
prints the installation mandir
-O --localedir
prints the installation localedir
-m --fvwm-moduledir
prints FVWM_MODULEDIR, where the modules are installed
-d --fvwm-datadir
prints FVWM_DATADIR, where the system wide configs are installed
-p --fvwm-perllibdir
prints FVWM_PERLLIBDIR, where the perl library is installed
-I --default-imagepath
prints the built-in ImagePath
-U --default-userdir
prints the default FVWM_USERDIR, note: $HOME is not expanded
-e --fvwm-exe
prints the fvwm executable name (in bindir)
-s --supports
lists all supported features, one per line
--supports-<feature>
prints nothing, returns: 0 if the <feature> is supported, 100 if
not, 200 if unknown. All or supported feature names may be
found using --info or --supports respectively.
--is-final
prints "yes" for final releases and "no" for cvs snapshots
--is-stable
prints "yes" for the stable branch and "no" otherwise
--release-date
prints the release date if the release is final
USAGE
Here are some real life usages.
Checks for xft support:
if fvwm-config --supports-xft;
then echo 1; else echo 0; fi
fvwm-themes package checks for the correct fvwm version installed
using:
fvwm-config --version
and tries to use the same installation directories:
fvwm-config --bindir --mandir --fvwm-datadir
A way to find the full path to the fvwm executable:
echo ‘fvwm-config --bindir‘/‘fvwm-config --fvwm-exe‘
A way to start modules in perl:
use lib ‘fvwm-config -p | tr -d ’0‘;
use FVWM::Module;
For a more human readable output, try:
fvwm-config --info
COPYING
fvwm-config is a part of fvwm package and distributed by the same
terms, see GNU GPL.
AUTHOR
Mikhael Goikhman <migo@homemail.com>