reference/gio/gsettings.xml

<refentry id="gsettings-tool" lang="en">

<refentryinfo>
  <title>gsettings</title>
  <productname>GIO</productname>
  <authorgroup>
    <author>
      <contrib>Developer</contrib>
      <firstname>Ryan</firstname>
      <surname>Lortie</surname>
    </author>
  </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>gsettings</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
  <refname>gsettings</refname>
  <refpurpose>GSettings configuration tool</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">get</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">monitor</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">writable</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">range</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">describe</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">set</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">reset</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KEY</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">reset-recursively</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">list-schemas</arg>
    <arg choice="opt">--print-paths</arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">list-relocatable-schemas</arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">list-keys</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">list-children</arg>
    <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">list-recursively</arg>
    <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable><arg choice="opt">:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></arg></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>gsettings</command>
    <arg choice="plain">help</arg>
    <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>gsettings</command> offers a simple commandline
interface to <link linkend="GSettings"><type>GSettings</type></link>.
It lets you get, set or monitor an individual key for changes.
</para>
<para>
The <replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable> and <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>
arguments are required for most commands to specify the schema id and the
name of the key to operate on. The schema id may optionally have a
:<replaceable>PATH</replaceable> suffix. Specifying the path is only needed
if the schema does not have a fixed path.
</para>
<para>
When setting a key, you also need specify a <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>
The format for the value is that of a serialized
<link linkend="GVariant"><type>GVariant</type></link>,
so e.g. a string
must include explicit quotes: "'foo'". This format is also used when printing
out values.
</para>
<para>
Note that gsettings needs a D-Bus session bus connection to write changes to
the dconf database.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Commands</title>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>get</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Gets the value of <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>.
The value is printed out as a serialised
<link linkend="GVariant"><type>GVariant</type></link>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>monitor</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Monitors <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> for changes and prints the changed
values. If no <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> is specified, all keys in the
schema are monitored. Monitoring will continue until the process is terminated.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>writable</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Finds out whether <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> is writable.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>range</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Queries the range of valid values for <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>describe</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Queries the description of valid values for <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>set</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the value of <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> to
<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>. The value is specified as a serialised
<link linkend="GVariant"><type>GVariant</type></link>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>reset</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Resets <replaceable>KEY</replaceable> to its default value.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>reset-recursively</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Reset all keys under the given <replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>list-schemas</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Lists the installed, non-relocatable schemas.
See <option>list-relocatable-schemas</option> if you are interested in
relocatable schemas. If <optional><option>--print-paths</option></optional>
is given, the path where each schema is mapped is also printed.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>list-relocatable-schemas</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Lists the installed, relocatable schemas.
See <option>list-schemas</option> if you are interested in
non-relocatable schemas.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>list-keys</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Lists the keys in <replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>list-children</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Lists the children of <replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>list-recursively</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Lists keys and values, recursively. If no <replaceable>SCHEMA</replaceable>
is given, list keys in all schemas.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>help</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Prints help and exits.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>
</refentry>