NAME
euse - Gentoo: command line USE flag editor  
SYNOPSIS
euse [options]  
DESCRIPTION

euse is used to set(disable/enable) USE flags /etc/make.conf without having to edit the file directly. It is also used to get detail information about use flags like description, status of flags(enabled/disabled), type of flag(global/local) etc. It can also be queried for viewing the current use flag settings in /etc/make.conf, /etc/make.defaults and environment.  
OPTIONS

-c, --conf
    Print the USE flag setting in /etc/make.conf
-d, --defaults
    Print the USE flag setting in /etc/make.profile/make.defaults
-e, --env
    Print the USE flag setting in environment
-E, --enable
    Enables USE flag(s) in make.conf. It accepts one or more USE flags space separted as parameters. Please read README for all the different cases it handles.
-D, --disable
    Disables USE flag(s) in make.conf. Puts a '-' sign infront of the use flag and appends to USE setting of make.conf. It accepts one or more USE flags space separted as parameters. Please read README for all the different cases it handles.
-i, --info
    Prints detail information about the USE flag(s). If no arguments are given then all the USE flag(global & local) information is printed. If one or more arguments are given(space separated) then information of only those flags are printed.

        The output is in the following format:
        alpha [-] [ ] [G] indicates that architecture ...
        moznocompose [+] [C] [L] [net-www/mozilla] : If you ...
        The column descriptions are:

        flag_name
            name of the use flag
        flag_status
            indicates whether the USE flag is enabled or disabled. - indicates disabled, + indicates enabled.
        flag_location
            indicates where the USE flag is enabled or disabled. C indicates make.conf, D indicates make.defaults, E indicates environment.
        flag_type
            indicates if the flag is global USE flag or a local USE flag.If it is local USE flag, then the description column begins with the package which it belongs to in square brackets. See moznocompose example above.
        description
            gives a short description of the USE flag
        -h, --help
            Show the help message listing all the available flags and a short description
        -v, --version
            Show the version information

 
FILES
/etc/make.conf
/etc/make.profile/make.defaults
$PORTDIR/profiles/use.desc
$PORTDIR/profiles/use.local.desc
/etc/make.profile/use.mask  
AUTHOR
Arun Bhanu