---
name: "update-rcconf-guide"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "rcconf"
version: "3.2+nmu1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-rcconf-guide"
---

# update-rcconf-guide(8)

Create default guide file for rcconf

## NAME

update-rcconf-guide - Create default guide file for rcconf

## SYNOPSIS

**update-rcconf-guide**

## DESCRIPTION

**Update-rcconf-guide** creates the default guide file which **rcconf** uses.

**Update-rcconf-guide** searches the package names corresponding to each service file in /etc/init.d directory from dpkg info  files(/var/lib/dpkg/info/\*.list) and get the description of these packages using apt-cache. **Update-rcconf-guide** uses Short-Description in priority to the description if service files has Short-Description field. **Update-rcconf-guide** writes those results to /var/lib/rcconf/guide.default file.

You can write your own guide in user guide file(/var/lib/rcconf/guide) by hand. **Rcconf** refers Guides in /var/lib/rcconf/guide before those in /var/lib/rcconf/guide.default.

If you install some packages after executed **update-rcconf-guide**,  you need to re-create this file using **update-rcconf-guide** so as to refresh guide.default that includes new guides for installed new services.

Notice: **update-rcconf-guide** was not executed when you installed **rcconf**\
         package.

## FILE

- /var/lib/rcconf/guide.default

  Guide File update-rcconf-guide generates.

- /var/lib/rcconf/guide

  Guide File user(Administrator) can define.

## SEE ALSO

[**rcconf**(8)](/rcconf/8.md)

## AUTHOR

Atsushi KAMOSHIDA \<kamop@debian.org\>