DDUPDATE.CONF(5)

💖 DDUPDATE.CONF 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about ddupdate.conf, aka the ddupdate configuration file 🎀. Manual name is DDUPDATE.CONF(5) in case you were wondering which vibe we're on, and yes, section 5, file formats, we're fancy like that 💅.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like, the ddupdate.conf file is where all the default values for every single ddupdate(8) option live 🌸. And here's the thing — ddupdate is normally invoked with no command line parameters at all, which means this file literally becomes the option values being used. It's giving main character energy fr fr 👑. No flags on the command line? Then bestie, this file said "I'll handle it" 💅.

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🦋 BASIC FILE FORMAT 🦋

The file follows the rules used by the python3 configparser module, no cap. Basically it's a leading [update] line followed by key = value lines 🍓.

• The key is the command line option.
• The value is the value of said option.

That's it, that's the whole format, it's so simple it's iconic ✨.

lowkey important: the actual options available are documented in ddupdate(8). Go read that one, bestie, this page is not the options page 📖.

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🌈 EXTENDED FORMAT FOR MULTIPLE HOSTS 🌈

okay so here's where it gets spicy 🔥 — the file has experimental support for updating multiple services. Yes, experimental, so act accordingly 🙈.

How it works: you use multiple [hostname] sections. The hostname is an arbitrary string without whitespace (no spaces, bestie, don't do it 💀).

Each section has the same syntax as the BASIC FILE FORMAT [update] section. So same key = value energy, just more of them 🫶.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• ddupdate(8)
• https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate — Project homesite and README
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html — More info on file format.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜. this was ddupdate.comf, last change: Apr 2022, and it's still out here being DDUPDATE.CONF(5) — ate and left no crumbs ⭐🎀💖

periodt 💅