From 74ec912343a55bfda7099a819836e4c4913a2d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crouzet <nicolas.crouzet@cea.fr>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:30:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update of config doc

---
 doc/src/commands/config.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/commands/config.rst b/doc/src/commands/config.rst
index c1f26e5..30db82a 100644
--- a/doc/src/commands/config.rst
+++ b/doc/src/commands/config.rst
@@ -4,40 +4,52 @@ config
 
 Description
 ===========
-The **config** manages sat configuration.
+The **config** command manages sat configuration. It allows display, manipulation and operation on configuration files
 
 Usage
 =====
-* List available products: ::
+* Edit the user personal configuration file (~/.salomeTools/SAT.pyconf). It is used to store the user personal choices, like the favorite editor, browser, pdf viewer: ::
+
+    sat config --edit
+
+* List the available applications (they come from the sat projects defined in data/local.pyconf): ::
   
     sat config --list
 
-* Copy a product into the user personal directory: ::
-  
-    sat config <product> --copy [new_name]
+* Edit the configuration of an application: ::
 
-* Edit the user configuration file: ::
+    sat config <application> --edit
 
-    sat config --edit
+* Copy an application configuration file into the user personal directory: ::
+  
+    sat config <application> --copy [new_name]
+
+* Print the value of a configuration parameter. Use the automatic completion to get recursively the parameter names. Use -n option to get only the value, not the lable (useful in automatic scripts). Examples: ::
 
-* Edit a product: ::
+    sat config --value <parameter_path>
+    sat config --value LOCAL
+    sat config --value LOCAL.workdir
 
-    sat config <product> --edit
+    sat config <application> --value <parameter_path>
+    sat config SALOME-8.4.0  --value  APPLICATION.workdir
+    sat config SALOME-8.4.0 -n  --value  APPLICATION.workdir
 
-* Get the value of a parameter: ::
+* Print the patches that are applied: ::
 
-    sat config --value <parameter_path>
-    sat config --value TOOLS.prepare.cvs_server
+    sat config SALOME-8.4.0  --show_patchs
 
-    sat config <product> --value <parameter_path>
-    sat config SALOME_7_7_1 --value PRODUCT.out_dir
+* Get information on a product configuration: ::
 
+    sat config <application> --info <product>
+    sat config SALOME-8.4.0 --info KERNEL
+    sat config SALOME-8.4.0 --info qt
 
 Configuration
 =============
-* SITE.config
+* PATH.
 
-  * **configPath**: list of directories where to find products files.
+  * **ARCHIVEPATH** list of directories where to find application files.
+  * **PRODUCTPATH** list of directories where to find products configuration files.
 
 * USER
 
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