The altenatives-list trys to get shared lock. If lock cannot be obtained warning will be issued. This warning can be safely ignored.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

display help screen

-v, --version

display version information

-c, --config filename

use filename as an alternatives configuration file. Default value is /etc/alternatives/alternatives.xml

-a, --all

select all known master alternatives

-S, --with-slaves

select all known master and slave alternatives. This option will work only with -a option.

-s, --show

display information about selected alternatives

-d, --display

same as --show. This option was added for backward compatibility with``old-style'' alternatives

-C, --with-candidates

display list of candidates for selected alternatives. This option can be used only with --show.

-D, --with-deps

display master-slave relationships for selected alternatives. This option can be used only with --show.

EXAMPLES

To list all know master alternatives use /usr/sbin/alternatives-list -a command. Output depends on your local system configuration, but should look like this:

# /usr/sbin/alternatives-list -a /usr/X11R6/bin/bsetbg /usr/X11R6/bin/bsetroot /usr/X11R6/bin/icewm /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt /usr/bin/autoconf-default /usr/bin/automake-default /usr/bin/cancel /usr/bin/civclient /usr/bin/cummulative-both /usr/bin/emacs /usr/bin/guile /usr/bin/idle ...                 

To display slave alternatives also, add -S option to command above.

To display detailed information about some alternative use /usr/sbin/alternatives-list -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt command. Replace /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt with any alternative present on your system. Output depends on your local system configuration, but should look like this:

# /usr/sbin/alternatives-list -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt
        status: master
        mode: auto
        points to: /usr/X11R6/bin/aterm
                

To display information about possible candidates for selected alternative add -C. Complete information about alternative can be displayed using all -s, -C and -D options.

# /usr/sbin/alternatives-list -sCD /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt /usr/X11R6/bin/xvt
        parent: nil
        status: master
        mode: auto
        points to: /usr/X11R6/bin/aterm

            candidates:
            30 : /usr/X11R6/bin/Eterm
            50 : /usr/X11R6/bin/aterm
            15 : /usr/X11R6/bin/konsole
            40 : /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm                 

FILES

 /etc/altenatives/alternatives.xml - main alternatives config file.

AUTHOR

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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

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