NAME

dcut - Debian archive command file upload tool

SYNOPSIS

dcut [-h] [-d] [-c FILE] [-m MAINTAINER] [-k KEYID] [-O FILENAME] [-P] [-s] [-U FILENAME] [-i FILENAME] [-v] [ HOST] SUBCOMMAND ...
 
dcut [OPTIONS] [HOST] SUBCOMMAND [SUB-COMMAND OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

dcut can create and/or upload command files understood by the debian archive kit ("dak") software. It provides an extensible interface so that third party authors can easily integrate more sub-commands. Hence, your running instance of dcut may understand more commands than these documented here. Refer to the respective documentations for these commands.
 
Similar to dput, a HOST can be specified as a target site for the command file. Likewise, the same default host selection criteria apply. It also parses the same configuration files described there.
 
It should be noted that this does not support the same interface as the old dput binary. Please be sure to double-check scripts that depend on old-style dput’s interface.

OPTIONS

-c, --config=FILE
Configuration file to parse.
-d, --debug
Enable debug messages. Repeat twice to increase the verbosity level.
-f, --force
Bypass all sanity checks and upload the commands file as is. Use with caution.
-m, --maintainer=MAINTAINER
Use MAINTAINER for the uploader field and GnuPG key selection. Provide it as a full identity, that is in "J Uploader <[email protected]>" format. This has no effect when the upload command is used.
-k, --keyid=KEYID
Use KEYID as a key for signing. Default is to use DEBEMAIL and DEBFULLNAME, or whatever identity was provided with --maintainer. This has no effect when the upload command is used.
-O, --output=FILENAME
Write the resulting commands file to FILENAME instead of uploading it. This option should not be used with the upload command. The selected FILENAME won’t be overwritten if it exists already. This is very helpful for testing that things work correctly.
-P, --passive
Force FTP passive mode when uploading the package through FTP. This option is deprecated - use profiles instead.
-s, --simulate
Simulate the upload only. This runs all pre-upload checks, initializes the upload handler but does not actually store any file.
-i, --input=FILENAME
Ignored silently for compatibility with old-style dput command lines.
-v, --version
Print version information and exit
HOST
Target host to upload a package. It has the same behavior and semantics as dput(1)s 'HOST argument. It also uses the same profiles from it.

SUB-COMMANDS

Sub-commands are actually implementing commands understood by be archive software. They can take individual arguments which must appear after specifying the actual desired sub-command.

cancel

Cancel an upload entirely. The upload is referred to as a changes file name existing remote in the incoming or deferred queues.
 
 
OPTIONS
 
 
Takes one argument
-f, --file=FILENAME
The changes file name which refers to the upload to be cancelled.

rm

Remove a lost or wrongly uploaded file from the incoming directory. The argument is interpreted as a path fragment by the archive software. Therefore, to delete a filename from a deferred queue, refer to it by using the full path
 
For example, to delete a broken upload in the DELAYED queue, use the command
 
dcut rm -f DELAYED/X-day/foobar.deb
 
Alternatively, the --searchdirs argument instructs the archive software to search for a file name in all directory. Hence, this command is equivalent to the command before:
 
dcut rm --searchdirs -f foobar.deb
 
 
OPTIONS
 
 
Takes at least one argument
-f, --file=FILENAME
The file name to be removed. This argument can be repeated, and also knows about the shell wildcards *, ?, and []. However, please keep your local shell replacements in mind when supplying shell meta characters. You may need to escape them or provide them within quotes.
--searchdirs
Search in all directories for the given file. Only supported for files in the DELAYED queue.

dm

Manage Debian Maintainer (DM) upload permissions. Debian Developers can grant or revoke them package upload permissions using this command. Takes the Debian Maintainer and the action to perform as argument.
 
Note, dcut will not perform any validation for conflicting arguments within --allow and --deny below. This handling is left to the archive software, which is currently processing --allow before --deny as an implementation detail.
 
 
OPTIONS
 
--uid
Any searchable, unique identity to identify an existing Debian Maintainer. This can be a (full) name an e-mail address or a GnuPG fingerprint of any existing Debian Maintainer. Note, the identity provided must be known in the DM keyring installed on your local system. The keyring is used to validate the supplied argument and makes sure the identity hint supplied matches exactly one DM. If the user you want to change ACLs on is not known to the local DM keyring, you can provide the full GPG user ID as argument, and pass --force, to cause dcut to bypass any argument checking/translation. Please note, this will generate a commands file which will be uploaded literally as is. Use with caution.
 
--allow=PACKAGE
--allow PACKAGE LIST
Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be granted. Give a space-separated list of packages to apply permissions to more than one package at once. If multiple --allow options are given, the last one takes precedence.
 
--deny=PACKAGE
--deny PACKAGE LIST
Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be denied. Give a space-separated list of packages to apply permissions to more than one package at once. If multiple --deny options are given, the last one takes precedence.

reschedule

Reschedule an upload. This command can move a deferred upload to any other deferred queue.
 
 
OPTIONS
 
 
Takes two arguments
-f, --file=FILENAME
file name to be rescheduled
-d, --days=DAYS
Reschedule the upload to DAYS days. Takes a numeric argument from 0 to 15 corresponding to the respective delayed queues. Note, 0-day is not the same as uploading to incoming straight.

upload

This is a pseudo-command (that is, it is handled within dcut and not forwarded to the archive kit) which uploads a locally existing commands file as is.
 
However, no checks are performed for this file. Use with caution.
 
 
OPTIONS
 
 
Takes one argument
-f, --file=FILENAME
A local file name which is uploaded as is to the archive software.

EXIT STATUS

0
Success
1
A runtime check returned an error
2
An internal error was detected, for example while loading configuration files
3
An upload error was detected, for example a permission or authentication problem while uploading files

BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=dput-ng

EXAMPLES

$ dcut dm --uid "Paul Tagliamonte" --allow glibc
 
$ dcut dm --uid 0DEFACED --allow linux --deny kfreebsd9
 
$ dcut dm --uid [email protected] --allow eglibc linux
 
$ dcut rm --searchdirs -f udj-desktop-client_0.5.1-2_amd64.deb
 
$ dcut cancel -f foo_1.0-2.1_amd64.changes
 
$ dcut ftp-master rm -f 'linux*.deb'

AUTHOR

dput-ng was originally written by Arno Töll <arno(a)debian.org> and Paul Richard I by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Debian and Ubuntu and of his other realms and territories King Head of the Fluxbox Window Manager Defender of the Faith Tagliamonte <paultag(a)debian.org>.

RESOURCES

dput(5), dput.cf(5), , gpg(1), dirt(1)

COPYING

Copyright © 2012 dput-ng authors. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2 or later.

Recommended readings

Pages related to dcut you should read also:
dirt(1) dput(1) dput(5) dput.cf(5) gpg(1)

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