wdwrite(1)

💖 wdwrite(1) — the girl who writes ur settings for u 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is wdwrite, a lil general commands manual page, and she is so important even if she looks tiny. she's the one who actually writes stuff into the defaults database. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

wdwrite — writes keys and values to the defaults database

like. that's her whole job. she writes. she's the writer. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

wdwrite domain option value

three things, in that order, no skipping, periodt.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: wdwrite writes option and value to the specified domain.

that's it. that's the whole description. she's a simple girl with a simple dream and that dream is putting ur option and ur value into ur domain. iconic behavior honestly. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --help — prints a help message with the list of options. like when u text ur bestie "what do i even do" and she sends u the whole rundown. 😭
• --version — prints the version of Window Maker from which the program comes. so u know exactly which era of Window Maker u got, iykyk. ⭐

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• WMAKER_USER_ROOT — specifies the initial path for the Defaults directory. "Defaults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual location of the databases. If the variable is not set, it defaults to "~/GNUstep".

so basically if u set WMAKER_USER_ROOT, she takes it and sticks "Defaults/" on the end, and that's where the databases actually live. and if u don't set it? she doesn't stress. she just defaults to "~/GNUstep". main character energy, honestly. 💜

🎀 FILES 🎀

the domains reside in WMAKER_USER_ROOT/Defaults/

bestie that's not a typo and it's not a suggestion — that's literally where the domains live. that's their address. that's their home. 🏠

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

• wdread(1) — her sibling!! she reads, wdwrite writes. they're a duo. obsessed with them. 🔥
• wmaker(1) — the whole entire Window Maker. the mothership. the moment. 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this man page was written by Marcelo Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>.

Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@windowmaker.info>.

give them their flowers, they earned them. 🌸

okay and last thing, the cute lil sign-off: this page is from the General Commands Manual, dated January 1999, and yeah the girl is old but she is still absolutely slaying. wdwrite(1). bye bestie, go write something 💖✨🎀