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2. If the value is found, return the value.
3. If the value is not found, search for the schema key that corresponds to the prefer-
ence key in each configuration source, in the order specified in the path file.
4. If the schema key is found, check the value of the schema key.
5. If the value of the schema key is a schema object, return the suggested value in
the <default> element of the schema object.
The GConf daemon also caches preference key values. All applications use this cache,
so applications need to access the configuration sources only once.
To terminate the GConf daemon, use the following command:
gconftool-2 --shutdown
10.1.3 GConf Command Line Tool
GConf includes a command line tool called gconftool-2. You can use gconftool-2 to
perform the following tasks:
• Set the values of keys
• Display the values of keys
• Install schemas from schema definition files when you install an application
For example, you would use the following command to display the values of all keys
in the /desktop/gnome directory and subdirectories:
gconftool-2 --recursive-list /desktop/gnome
The following table lists some of the options that you can use with the gconftool-2
command:
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