diff -uNr wvstreams/uniconf/tests/uni.cc wvstreams.patched/uniconf/tests/uni.cc
--- wvstreams/uniconf/tests/uni.cc	2010-05-11 12:01:02.000000000 +0200
+++ wvstreams.patched/uniconf/tests/uni.cc	2011-06-30 21:35:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
 	    "   del   - delete all subkeys\n"
 	    "   help  - this text\n"
 	    "\n"
+	    "Additional commands for llxcfg vars:\n"
+	    "       uni show <key1> [<key2>...]\n"
+	    "       uni add <key1=value1> [<key2=value2>...]\n"
+	    "       uni unset <key1> [<key2>...]\n"
+	    "       uni xdel <key1> [<key2>...]\n"
+	    "\n"
 	    "You must set the UNICONF environment variable to a valid "
 	    "UniConf moniker.\n"
 	    "\n"
@@ -47,10 +53,13 @@
     // note: we know cmd and arg1 are non-NULL, but arg2 may be the argv
     // terminator, which is a NULL.  That has a special meaning for some
     // commands, like 'set', and is different from the empty string.
-    const char *_cmd = argv[1], *arg1 = argv[2],
+    const char *_cmd = argv[1], *arg1 = argv[2], *argnull = NULL,
 	       *arg2 = argc > 3 ? argv[3] : NULL;
+    char *arg;
+    int i;
     WvString cmd(_cmd);
     strlwr(cmd.edit());
+    char *varname, *varvalue;
 
     if (cmd == "help")
     {
@@ -94,6 +103,74 @@
 	cfg.commit();
 	return 0; // always works
     }
+    else if (cmd == "show")
+    {
+	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
+        {
+            //fprintf(stdout,"%s",argv[i]);
+            arg = argv[i];
+	    WvString val = cfg[arg].getme(argnull);
+	    if (!val.isnull())
+   	    {
+	      //  fputs(arg, stdout);
+	      //  fputs(val, stdout);
+	      //  fprintf(stdout,"%s='%s';\n",arg,val);
+                if (strcmp(val,"''") == 0)
+                {
+                    val="";
+                }
+		wvcon->print("%s='%s';\n",arg ,val);
+	        //fflush(stdout); // shouldn't be necessary!
+	    }
+        }
+	return 0;
+    }
+    else if (cmd == "xshow")
+    {
+	// note: the output of this command happens to be compatible with
+	// (can be read by) the 'ini' UniConf backend.
+	UniConf::XIter i(cfg, arg1);
+	for (i.rewind(); i.next(); )
+	    wvcon->print("%s='%s';\n",
+			 wvtcl_escape(i->fullkey(cfg), nasties),
+			 wvtcl_escape(i->getme(""), nasties));
+    }
+    else if (cmd == "add")
+    {
+        for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
+        {
+            varname = strtok(argv[i],"=");
+            varvalue = strtok(NULL,"");
+            if (varvalue == NULL)
+            {
+                varvalue="''";
+            }
+            cfg[varname].setme(varvalue);
+            cfg.commit();
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else if (cmd == "unset")
+    {
+	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
+        {
+            arg = argv[i];
+            cfg[arg].setme("''");
+            cfg.commit();
+        }
+	return 0;
+    }
+    else if (cmd == "xdel")
+    {
+	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
+        {
+            arg = argv[i];
+	    UniConf sub(cfg[arg]);
+	    sub.remove();
+	    cfg.commit();
+        }
+	return 0;
+    }
     else if (cmd == "xset")
     {
 	// like set, but read from stdin