SYNC-CONFIG(1)

💅 SYNC-CONFIG(1) — the GNU Taler one 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the sync-config page from the GNU Taler manual, and it's literally the tool that reads and modifies your Sync configuration files. glamorous? no. essential? absolutely. let's get into it ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sync-config [-b backend | --supported-backend=backend]
[-c filename | --config=filename] [-f | --filename] [-F | --full]
[-h | --help] [-L loglevel | --loglevel=loglevel]
[-l filename | --logfile=filename] [-o option | --option=option]
[-r | --rewrite] [-S | --list-sections] [-s section | --section=section]
[-V value | --value=value] [-v | --version]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

sync-config is your little main-character tool for reading or modifying Sync configuration files. that's the whole vibe check. 🫶

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🌸 the options, one by one, no skipping, i promise 🌸

• -b BACKEND, --supported-backend=BACKEND — tests whether the specified BACKEND is supported by the current installation. the backend has to match the name of a plugin, i.e. "namestore_postgres" for the PostgreSQL database backend of the "NAMESTORE" service. if BACKEND is supported, sync-config returns a status code of 0 (success), otherwise 77 (unsupported). when you use this option, no other options may be specified — and if you do specify it with other options, sync-config returns a status code of 1 (error). it's giving "solo act only" 💀
• -c FILENAME, --config=FILENAME — use the configuration file FILENAME. simple as that, bestie.
• -f, --filename — tries to perform expansions as if the option values represent filenames. and yes, it'll still be applied even if the option is not really a filename. no cap, it just does it anyway 🙈
• -F, --full — writes the full configuration file, not just the differences to the defaults. maximalist energy 👑
• -h, --help — prints short help on options. the classic.
• -L LOGLEVEL, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL — use LOGLEVEL for logging. valid values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, and ERROR. pick your vibe (but like, the boring logging kind).
• -l FILENAME, --logfile=FILENAME — send logging output to FILENAME. logs gotta go somewhere ✨
• -o OPTION, --option=OPTION — which configuration option should be accessed or edited. required to set a value. if you don't give it, all values of a given section get printed in the format "OPTION = VALUE". so cute, so consistent 💖
• -r, --rewrite — write the configuration file even if nothing changed. but bestie, listen: it will remove all comments! 🚨 like, gone. highlighted and deleted. so know what you're doing.
• -S, --list-sections — lists available configuration sections for use with --section. a little menu, basically 🍓
• -s SECTION, --section=SECTION — which configuration section should be accessed or edited. this one is a required option, fr fr.
• -V VALUE, --value=VALUE — configuration value to store in the given section under the given option. must only be given together with -s and -o options. the trio or it doesn't happen 💅

⚠️ note: changing the configuration file with -V will remove comments and may reorder sections and remove @INLINE@ directives. so your pretty annotated config? yeah. it's getting a makeover whether you asked or not 😭

• -v, --version — print the GNU Taler version number. icon behavior honestly ⭐

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

sync-dbinit(1), sync-httpd(1), sync.conf(5). go read those next, iykyk 🧚

💀 BUGS 💀

report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>. they wanna hear from you, bestie 🫶

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

GNU Taler contributors — legends, every one of them 👑

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2014-2025 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+)

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 💖 this was version 1.0, dated Dec 22, 2025, straight from the GNU Taler docs. slay, stay configured, and don't forget to back up before you -r 🦋✨