On 10/2/21 18:31, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 2021-10-02 6:16 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> On 10/2/21 18:02, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> I think I am making a mistake and loading a database
>> that is mean to universal settings and not to a
>> user particular settings. The game is afoot
>
> $ pwd
> /home/todd/.config/dconf
>
> $ mv user user.000
>
> $ dconf dump /
> <hordes of stuff>
>
> Seems to me if the default database was
> ~/.config/dconf/user
> There should have been some complaining
>
> I am reading
> $ man 7 dconf
>
> and I am not making out how to tell dconf to read
> ~/.config/dconf/user
>
> And idea what I am missing?
It dumps *everything*, including defaults and global settings. The
stuff in user is an override.
See /etc/dconf/profile/user
That matches "man 7 dconf" and explains it:
$ cat /etc/dconf/profile/user
user-db:user
system-db:local
system-db:site
system-db:distro
How do I do a dump of only "~/.config/dconf/user"?