.TH DDUPDATE.CONF "5" "Last change: Jan 2018" "ddupdate.comf" "File Formats Manual"

.SH NAME
\fBddupdate.conf\fR - ddupdate configuration file.

.SH SYNOPSIS
The \fBddupdate.conf\fR file holds default values for all \fBddupdate(8)\fR
options. Since \fBddupdate\fR normally is invoked without command line
parameters, this file then represents the used option values.

.SH BASIC FILE FORMAT
The file is formatted according to the rules use by the python3 configparser
module.
Basically, this is a leading \fI[update]\fR line followed by
by \fI key = value\fR lines. The \fikey\fR represents the command line option,
and \fIvalue\fR the value of said option.
.P
The actual options available are documented in \fBddupdate(8)\fR.

.SH EXTENDED FORMAT FOR MULTIPLE HOSTS
File has experimental support for updating multiple services. This is
done using multiple \fI[hostname]\fR sections. The \fIhostname\fR is
an arbitrary string without whitespace. Each section has the same syntax
as the BASIC FILE FORMAT \fI[update]\fR section.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.TP 4
.B ddupdate(8)
.TP 4
.B  https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate
Project homesite and README
.TP 4
.B https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html
More info on file format.