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@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ Change the options of the component @var{component}.
@item --check-options @var{component}
Check the options for the component @var{component}.
+@item --apply-profile @var{file}
+Apply the configuration settings listed in @var{file} to the
+configuration files. If @var{file} has no suffix and no slashes the
+command first tries to read a file with the suffix @code{.prf} from
+the the data directory (@code{gpgconf --list-dirs datadir}) before it
+reads the file verbatim. A profile is divided into sections using the
+bracketed component name. Each section then lists the option which
+shall go into the respective configuration file.
+
@item --apply-defaults
Update all configuration files with values taken from the global
configuration file (usually @file{/etc/gnupg/gpgconf.conf}).