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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<refentry id="regshell.1">

<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>regshell</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
	<refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="version">4.0</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
	<refname>regshell</refname>
	<refpurpose>Windows registry file browser using readline</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>regshell</command>
		<arg choice="opt">--help</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">--backend=BACKEND</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">--credentials=CREDENTIALS</arg>
		<arg choice="opt">location</arg>
	</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>
		regshell is a utility that lets you browse thru a Windows registry 
		file as if you were using a regular unix shell to browse thru a 
		file system.
	</para>

</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>OPTIONS</title>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>--help</term>
		<listitem><para>
		Show list of available options.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
			<term>--backend BACKEND</term>
			<listitem><para>Name of backend to load. Possible values are: 
					creg, regf, dir and rpc. The default is <emphasis>dir</emphasis>.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>--credentials=CREDENTIALS</term>
		<listitem><para>
				Credentials to use, if any. Password should be separated from user name by a percent sign.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>COMMANDS</title>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
			<term>ck|cd &lt;keyname&gt;</term>
			<listitem><para>
			Go to the specified subkey.
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
			<term>ch|predef [predefined-key-name]</term>
			<listitem><para>
					Go to the specified predefined key. 
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>list|ls</term>
			<listitem><para>
					List subkeys and values of the current key.
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>mkkey|mkdir &lt;keyname&gt;</term>
			<listitem><para>
					Create a key with the specified <replaceable>keyname</replaceable> as a subkey of the current key.
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>rmval|rm &lt;valname&gt;</term>
			<listitem><para>
					Delete the specified value.
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>rmkey|rmdir &lt;keyname&gt;</term>
			<listitem><para>
			Delete the specified subkey recursively.
			</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>pwd|pwk</term>
			<listitem><para>Print the full name of the current key.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>set|update</term>
			<listitem><para>Update the value of a key value. Not implemented at the moment.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		

		<varlistentry>
			<term>help|?</term>
			<listitem><para>Print a list of available commands.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		
		<varlistentry>
			<term>exit|quit</term>
			<listitem><para>Leave regshell.</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>		
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>EXAMPLES</title>

	<para>Browsing thru a nt4 registry file</para>
	<screen>
<userinput>regshell -b nt4 NTUSER.DAT</userinput>
$$$PROTO.HIV> <userinput>ls</userinput>
K AppEvents
K Console
K Control Panel
K Environment
K Identities
K Keyboard Layout
K Network
K Printers
K Software
K UNICODE Program Groups
K Windows 3.1 Migration Status
$$$PROTO.HIV> <userinput>exit</userinput>
</screen>

<para>Listing the subkeys of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents on a remote computer:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>regshell --remote=ncacn_np:aurelia -c "jelmer%secret"</userinput>
HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE> <userinput>predef HKEY_CURRENT_USER</userinput>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER> <userinput>cd AppEvents</userinput>
Current path is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> <userinput>ls</userinput>
K EventLabels
K Schemes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> <userinput>exit</userinput>
</screen>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>

	<para>This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>SEE ALSO</title>

	<para>regtree, regdiff, regpatch, gregedit, samba</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>

	<para>This utility is part of the <ulink url="http://www.samba.org/">Samba</ulink> suite, which is developed by the global <ulink url="http://www.samba.org/samba/team/">Samba Team</ulink>.</para>
	
	<para>This manpage and regshell were written by Jelmer Vernooij. </para>
	
</refsect1>

</refentry>