cdist-type__uci_section(7)
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NAME
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cdist-type__uci_section - Manage configuration sections in UCI
DESCRIPTION
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This cdist type can be used to replace whole configuration sections in OpenWrt's
Unified Configuration Interface (UCI) system.
It can be thought of as syntactic sugar for :strong:`cdist-type__uci`\ (7),
as this type will generate the required `__uci` objects to make the section
contain exactly the options specified using ``--option``.
Since many default UCI sections are unnamed, this type allows to find the
matching section by one of its options using the ``--match`` parameter.
**NOTE:** Options already present on the target and not listed in ``--option``
or ``--list`` will be deleted.
REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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None.
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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list
An option that is part of a list and should be present in the section (as
part of a list). Lists with multiple options can be expressed by using the
same ``