Stow directory now defaults to STOW_DIR environment variable if set.

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Adam Spiers 2011-11-16 16:52:03 +00:00
parent 801446a5eb
commit 090519496c
4 changed files with 15 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Sun Nov 25 19:31:32 2007 Kahlil Hodgson <kahlil@internode.con.net>
* stow.8: update to reflect Version 2 changes.
Sat Jan 26 16:15:21 2002 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
* stow.in: if $ENV{'STOW_DIR'} is set, this becomes the default
Stow directory.
Sun Jan 06 12:18:50 2002 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>

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stow.8
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@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ The target of a relative symlink is
computed starting from the symlink's own directory. Stow only creates
relative symlinks.
.SH OPTIONS
The stow directory is assumed to be the current directory, and the
The stow directory is assumed to be the value of the 'STOW_DIR' environment
variable or if unset the current directory, and the
target directory is assumed to be the parent of the current directory
(so it is typical to execute
.I stow

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@ -358,9 +358,10 @@ sub set_stow_path {
my $current_dir = getcwd();
# default stow dir is the current directory
# default stow dir is $STOW_DIR if set, otherwise the current
# directory
if (not $Option{'dir'} ) {
$Option{'dir'} = getcwd();
$Option{'dir'} = exists $ENV{STOW_DIR} ? $ENV{STOW_DIR} : getcwd();
}
if (not chdir($Option{'dir'})) {
error("Cannot chdir to target tree: '$Option{'dir'}'");

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@ -243,10 +243,6 @@ Each @var{package} is the name of a package (e.g., @samp{perl}) in the stow
directory that we wish to install into (or delete from) the target directory.
The default action is to install the given packages, although alternate actions
may be specified by preceding the package name(s) with an @var{action flag}.
Unless otherwise specified, the stow directory is assumed to be
the current directory and the target directory is assumed to be the parent of
the current directory, so it is typical to execute @code{stow} from the
directory @file{/usr/local/stow}.
@noindent
The following options are supported:
@ -255,14 +251,14 @@ The following options are supported:
@item -d @var{dir}
@itemx --dir=@var{dir}
Set the stow directory to @var{dir} instead of the current directory.
This also has the effect of making the default target directory be the
parent of @var{dir}.
Set the stow directory to @var{dir}. Defaults to the value of the environment
variable @code{STOW_DIR} if set, or the current directory otherwise.
@item -t @var{dir}
@itemx --target=@var{dir}
Set the target directory to @var{dir} instead of the parent of the stow
directory.
directory. Defaults to the parent of the stow directory, so it is typical to
execute @code{stow} from the directory @file{/usr/local/stow}.
@item --ignore='<regex>'
This (repeatable) option lets you suppress acting on files that match the