kdb install-config-file <elektra path> <config file> [<format>]

• <elektra path> is a path in Elektra
• <config file> is some file on the filesystem

line will be used as <format> if <format> is unspecified.

The script has to be called as administrator (e.g. with sudo).

This script installs or merges configuration files from the file system into Elektra. There are two possible scenarios:

1. You use the script for the first time for a file. Then <elektra path> is empty. The script
   1. copies <config file> into a special path to preserve origin version.
   2. mounts <config file> into <elektra path> as our version. This version can then be safely modified.
2. You have already used the script for a previous version of the file. In this case <elektra path> already contains data the script performs a three-way merge (using kdb cmerge) between the file at <config file> (their), the <elektra path> (our) and the preserved key set (base) from step 1 in scenario 1.

To install the config file at ~/.config/installing.ini we can use the following command

kdb install-config-file user:/tests/installing installing.ini ini