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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2002-06-07 11:12:16 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2002-06-07 11:12:16 +0000
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* regtool.cc (Fail): Be more verbose.
(find_key): Add support for remote registry access. (usage): Document it. * utils.sgml: Document it.
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@@ -710,12 +710,15 @@ Regtool Copyright (c) 2000 Red Hat Inc
regtool [-v] unset [key\value] - removes value from key
regtool [-q] get [key\value] - prints value to stdout
-q=quiet, no error msg, just return nonzero exit if key/value missing
- keys are like \prefix\key\key\key\value, where prefix is any of:
- root HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- config HKCC HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
- user HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- machine HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- users HKU HKEY_USERS
+ key is in the format [host]\prefix\KEY\KEY\VALUE, where host is optional
+ remote host in either \\hostname or hostname: format and prefix is any of:
+ root HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (local only)
+ config HKCC HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (local only)
+ user HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER (local only)
+ machine HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+ users HKU HKEY_USERS
+ You can use forward slash ('/') as a separator instead of backslash, in
+ that case backslash is treated as escape character.
example: \user\software\Microsoft\Clock\iFormat
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