.TH "CONF-UPDATE" "1" "SEPTEMBER 2006" "conf-update"
.SH NAME
conf-update \- handle configuration file updates
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBconf-update\fR [\fIpath1\fR] [\fIpath2\fR] [\fIpathN\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I conf-update
is supposed to be run after merging a new package to see if
there are updates to the configuration files.  If a new
configuration file will override an old one, 
.I conf-update 
will prompt the user for a decision.
.PP
If given one or more paths, \fIconf-update\fR will search them for config files
to update. If no arguments are given,
.I conf-update
will check all directories in the \fICONFIG_PROTECT\fR variable.  All
config files found in \fICONFIG_PROTECT_MASK\fR will automatically be
updated for you by \fIconf-update\fR.
.PP
.I conf-update
supports the following actions: \fIreplacing\fR, \fIdeleting\fR, \fImerging\fR
interactively. To select a directory and all its config files, select it
and press the space bar.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
See \fB/etc/conf-update.conf\fR.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/
.SH AUTHORS
.nf
Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>
.fi
.SH "FILES"
.TP
.B /etc/conf-update.conf
Configuration settings for \fIconf-update\fR are stored here.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR make.conf (5)