APTITUDE-RUN-STATE(1)              Command-line reference              APTITUDE-RUN-STATE(1)

NAME
       aptitude-run-state-bundle - unpack an aptitude state bundle and invoke aptitude on it

SYNOPSIS
       aptitude-run-state-bundle [<options>...] <input-file> [<program> [<arguments>...]]

DESCRIPTION
           Note
           This command is mostly for internal use and bug reporting in exceptional cases,
           it is not intended for end-users under normal circumstances.

       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 when invoking <program>, rather than at the beginning (the default
           is to place options at the beginning).

       --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 when invoking <program>, overriding any previous --append-args
           (the default is to place options at the beginning).

       --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)

AUTHORS
       Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
           Main author of the document.

       Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>
           Main maintainer after Daniel Burrows, documentation about new features,
           corrections and formatting.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007 Daniel Burrows.

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aptitude-run-state-bundle 0.8.           02/14/2019                    APTITUDE-RUN-STATE(1)

Usage: /usr/bin/aptitude-run-state-bundle [options] <input-file> [<program> [arguments ...]]

This command will unpack the given archive of aptitude state
information, then invoke the given program with the given
list of arguments, passing appropriate -o options to cause
aptitude to use the contents of that archive as its global
data store.

Options:
  --append-args    Place the generated arguments at the end of
                   the command line (default).
  --help           Display this message and exit.
  --no-clean       Do not remove the temporary directory after
                   invoking aptitude.
  --prepend-args   Place the generated arguments at the beginning
                   of the command line.
  --really-clean   Remove the state directory, even if --statedir
                   was passed as an argument.
  --statedir       The <input-file> is an unpacked aptitude bundle,
                   not a bundle file; implicitly sets --no-clean.
  --unpack         Just unpack the <input-file>, don't run aptitude.