NAME
aptitude-run-state-bundle - unpack an aptitude state bundle and
invoke aptitude on it
SYNOPSIS
aptitude-run-state-bundle [<options> ...] <input-file>
[<program> [<program-arguments> ...]]
DESCRIPTION
aptitude-run-state-bundle unpacks the given aptitude state
bundle created by aptitude-create-state-bundle(1) to a temporary
directory, invokes program on it with the supplied
arguments, and removes the temporary directory afterwards. If
program is not supplied, it defaults to
aptitude(8).
OPTIONS
The following options may occur on the command-line before the input
file. Options following the input file are presumed to be arguments
to aptitude.
--append-args
Place the options that give the location of the state bundle at the
end of the command line, rather than at the beginning (the default).
--help
Display a brief usage summary.
--prepend-args
Place the options that give the location of the state bundle at the
beginning of the command line (the default), overriding any previous
--prepend-args.
--no-clean
Do not remove the unpacked state directory after running
aptitude. You might want to use this if, for instance, you are
debugging a problem that appears when aptitude's state file is
modified. When aptitude finishes running, the name of the state
directory will be printed so that you can access it in the future.
This option is enabled automatically by --statedir.
--really-clean
Delete the state directory after running aptitude, even if
--no-clean or --statedir was supplied.
--statedir
Instead of treating the input file as a state bundle, treat it as an
unpacked state bundle. For instance, you can use this to access the
state directory that was created by a prior run with --no-clean.
--unpack
Unpack the input file to a temporary directory, but don't actually run
aptitude.
SEE ALSO
aptitude-create-state-bundle(1), aptitude(8), apt(8)
AUTHOR
Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007 Daniel Burrows.
aptitude-run-state-bundle and its manpage may be copied, modified, and
redistributed in any manner whatsoever.