UPDATE_INI(1)

💖 UPDATE_INI(1) — the glow-up page 💖

okay so this is a page from The Enhanced Machine Controller manual set, bestie, and it's literally about one tiny little script that does one big dramatic thing. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

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✨ NAME ✨

update_ini — converts 2.7 format INI files to 2.8 format

like. it takes your old-format INI file and it transforms it. main character energy fr. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

update_ini [-f] [-d] <INI file>

that's it, that's the whole vibe. one command, some flags, one file. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea 🫖: update_ini gets run automatically by the "linuxcnc" script whenever you open up an INI file that's in the pre-joints-axes format. you don't even have to ask. it just shows up, does the thing, and leaves. lowkey iconic.

and then there's the flags, okay, listen:

• -d — this one makes a dialog box pop up asking if the script should be run. like, it checks in with you first instead of just going for it. consent king behaviour honestly. 🙈
• -f — this one is designed for auto-conversion, and here's the important part bestie: it will not create the backup files. so like. no safety net. noted. 😭

⚠️ heads up: no backup files means no backup files. if you're using -f, you said what you said.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• LinuxCNC(1)

also!! there is so much more info about LinuxCNC and HAL available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, and they live right here: /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/. go read them, they're giving ✨ well-documented ✨.

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✨ BUGS ✨

None known at this time.

(which is honestly a flex. no cap. 🔥)

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

thank you andypugh, you ate 💖

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✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

found something cursed? report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues — the devs wanna know, fr fr.

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✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright © 2020 andypugh.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

like, ZERO warranty. none. not even the merchantability one. not even the fitness-for-a-particular-purpose one. she's free software and she comes as-is, bestie. 🦋

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okay that's the whole page!! you understood all of it, I know you did, you're doing amazing. now go convert some INI files, you absolute legend. 🌈✨

LinuxCNC Documentation · 2020-08-26 · UPDATE_INI(1) — and that's the sign-off, mwah 💋 🎀