fvwm-config(1) Fvwm Modules fvwm-config(1)
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>]
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.
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>
3rd Berkeley Distribution 19 October 2022 (2.7.0) fvwm-config(1)
