sympa-config(1)

💖 sympa-config(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the <pink>sympa-config</pink> page from the sympa 6.2.80 manual, and it's literally all about manipulating the configuration of Sympa. yes, that Sympa. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing config 💅

✨ NAME ✨

sympa-config — Manipulate configuration of Sympa

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sympa config name=value ...

sympa config sub-command [ options ... ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

sympa config name=value ...

This one edits the configuration file in batch mode, no cap. The arguments are just pairs of a parameter name and its value, like a little matching game.

bestie, listen: if no explicit changes are given, the configuration file won't be rewritten. It stays exactly as it is. Respect that. ✋

The options for this form are:

• -o, --output=set... — pick which set(s) of parameters get output. The set can be omittable, optional, mandatory, full (which is a synonym for the former three, i.e. omittable, optional and mandatory combined), explicit, or minimal. You can pass this option more than once, stack it up, go off. 💅

And heads up: with this command, the explicit and mandatory sets — meaning the ones defined in the configuration file explicitly, the ones given in command line arguments, or the ones defined as mandatory — are always included. Non-negotiable. 👑

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🎀 SUB-COMMANDS 🎀

Right now these are the sub-commands we have. To see the tea on any one of them, run sympa help config sub-command and it'll spill.

• sympa config create ... — Create configuration file. ✨ building from scratch, main character energy.
• sympa config show ... — Show the content of configuration file. 👀 peek at what's inside.

📜 HISTORY 📜

sympa_wizard.pl first appeared on Sympa 3.3.4b.9. It was originally written by:

Serge Aumont <sa@cru.fr>
Olivier Salaün <os@cru.fr>

The --batch and --display options got added on Sympa 6.1.25 and 6.2.15.

Then on Sympa 6.2.70, most of the functions this program provided got reorganized and integrated into the sympa config command line — so sympa_wizard.pl is deprecated now. it's giving retirement arc 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was sympa-config from sympa 6.2.80, dated 2026-10-19. go forth and configure responsibly 🫶✨🎀