Elektra
0.9.0
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kdb setmeta <key name> <metaname> [<metavalue>]
Where key name
is the name of the key that the metakey is associated with, metaname
is the name of the metakey the user would like to set the value of (or create), and metavalue
is the value the user wishes to set the metakey to. If no metavalue
is given, the metakey will be removed.
This command allows the user to set the value of an individual metakey. If a key does not already exist and the user tries setting a metakey associated with it, the key will be created with a null value. There is some special handling for the metadata atime, mtime and ctime. They will be converted to time_t.
For cascading keys, the namespace will default to spec
, because that is the place where you usually want to set metadata.
-H
, --help
: Show the man page.-V
, --version
: Print version info.-p
, --profile <profile>
: Use a different kdb profile.-C
, --color <when>
: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.-v
, --verbose
: Explain what is happening. Prints additional information in case of errors/warnings.-d
, --debug
: Give debug information. Prints additional debug information in case of errors/warnings.-q
, --quiet
: Suppress non-error messages./sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/verbose
: Same as -v
: Explain what is happening./sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/quiet
: Same as -q
: Suppress default messages./sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/namespace
: Specifies which default namespace should be used when setting a cascading name. By default the namespace is user
, except kdb
is used as root, then system
is the default.To set a metakey called description
associated with the key user/example/key
to the value Hello World!
:
kdb setmeta spec/example/key description "Hello World!"
To create a new key spec/example/newkey
with a null value (if it did not exist before) and a metakey namespace/#0
associated with it to the value system
:
kdb setmeta /example/newkey "namespace/#0" system
To create an override link for a /test
key:
To remove it: