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How to install GNU Stow
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=======================
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Prerequisites
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-------------
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Stow is a collection of Perl scripts and modules. You must have Perl
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5.6.1 or later in order for it to run. The test suite also requires
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the `Test::More` and `Test::Output` modules which can be obtained from
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CPAN. They are also available as packages in some of the GNU/Linux
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distributions.
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Installation methods
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--------------------
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Stow can either be installed via the standard GNU Autotools procedure
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(`./configure && make install`) or since 2.1.0, via CPAN-style via
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Module::Build.
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Advantages of the Autotools approach:
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- It's arguably more flexible.
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- It will install the documentation in Info, HTML, man, and PDF
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formats.
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Advantages of the `Module::Build` approach:
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- It's more in keeping with the standard way to distribute CPAN
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modules.
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- It performs dependency checking to ensure you have the necessary
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Perl modules installed.
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Both approaches are described in detail below. However if you are
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building from the git repository rather than an official release,
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you first need to perform some extra steps:
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Preparatory steps required only when building from git
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------------------------------------------------------
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`configure` and `Makefile` are included in official releases of Stow,
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but they are deliberately omitted from the git repository because they
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are autogenerated. Therefore if you are installing directly from git,
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you first need to generate them as follows.
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First `cd` to the directory containing the source code (and this
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file), and then run:
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autoreconf -iv
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If this runs successfully then you are ready to continue with one of
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the two installation methods below.
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Basic Installation via `Module::Build`
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--------------------------------------
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The steps in building Stow are:
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1. `cd` to the directory containing the source code (and this file).
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2. If you are building from an official GNU release tarball, type
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`./configure && make` to configure stow for your system. If you
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are building from a CPAN tarball, this step can be skipped.
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If `make` warns that the Perl module installation directory is
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not in `@INC`, then you should run:
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eval `perl -V:siteprefix`
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./configure --prefix=$siteprefix && make
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to avoid a superfluous `use lib` line in your stow executable.
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3. Type `perl Build.PL`.
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4. Type `./Build install` to install the various files. As noted
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above, this installs fewer files than the Autotools installation.
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Basic Installation via Autotools
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--------------------------------
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The steps in building Stow are:
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1. `cd` to the directory containing the source code (and this file).
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2. Type `./configure` to configure stow for your system. This step
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will attempt to locate your copy of perl and set its location in
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`Makefile.in`. You can use the normal arguments to change the
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default installation paths (see below); additionally you can use
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the
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--with-pmdir=/path/to/perl/modules
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option to manually choose where the Perl modules get installed.
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However, if you don't, the `configure` script will go to great
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lengths to try to choose a sensible default.
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3. Type `make install` to install the various files. If the chosen
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installation directory for Perl modules is not included in Perl's
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built-in `@INC` search path, the Makefile rules will automatically
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insert a
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use lib "...";
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line into the generated stow script to ensure that it can always
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locate the Perl modules without needing to manually set `PERL5LIB`.
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4. You can remove the generated files from the source code directory
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by typing `make clean`. To also remove the files that `configure`
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created (so you can compile the package for a different computer),
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type `make distclean`. There is also a `make maintainer-clean`
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target, but that is intended mainly for stow's developers. If you
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use it, you may have to get all sorts of other programs in order
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to regenerate files that came with the distribution.
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Installation Names
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------------------
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By default, `make install` will install the package's files in
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`/usr/local/bin` and `/usr/local/info`. You can specify an
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installation prefix other than `/usr/local` by giving `configure` the
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option `--prefix=PATH`.
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If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
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with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure`
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the option `--program-prefix=PREFIX` or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX`.
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Since `stow` is concerned with separating a package's installation
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tree from its run-time tree, you might want to install `stow` into a
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directory such as `/usr/local/stow/stow` but have it run out of
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`/usr/local`. Do this by giving the run-time prefix (e.g.,
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/usr/local) to configure as described above; then run `make`; then run
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`make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/stow`. For more information on
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this technique, see the Stow manual.
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The configuration system
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------------------------
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The `configure` shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
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those values to create a `Makefile` and to create the `stow` script
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itself, using Makefile.in and stow.in as templates. Finally, it
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creates a shell script `config.status` that you can run in the future
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to recreate the current configuration, a file `config.cache` that
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saves the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring, and a file
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`config.log` containing other output.
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The file `configure.ac` is used to create `configure` by a program
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called `autoconf`. You only need `configure.ac` if you want to change
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it or regenerate `configure` using a newer version of `autoconf`.
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The file `Makefile.am` is used to create `Makefile.in` by a program
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called `automake`. You only need `Makefile.am` if you want to change
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it or regenerate `Makefile.in` using a newer version of `automake`.
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Sharing Defaults
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----------------
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If you want to set default values for `configure` scripts to share,
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you can create a site shell script called `config.site` that gives
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default values for variables like `CC`, `cache_file`, and `prefix`.
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`configure` looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site` if it exists, then
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`PREFIX/etc/config.site` if it exists. Or, you can set the
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`CONFIG_SITE` environment variable to the location of the site script.
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A warning: not all `configure` scripts look for a site script.
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Operation Controls
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------------------
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`configure` recognizes the following options to control how it
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operates.
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`--cache-file=FILE`
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Use and save the results of the tests in FILE instead of
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`./config.cache`. Set FILE to `/dev/null` to disable caching, for
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debugging `configure`.
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`--help`
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Print a summary of the options to `configure`, and exit.
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`--quiet`
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`--silent`
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`-q`
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Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
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`--srcdir=DIR`
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Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
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`configure` can determine that directory automatically.
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`--version`
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure`
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script, and exit.
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`configure` also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
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License for this file
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---------------------
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
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without any warranty.
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README for GNU Stow
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===================
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This is GNU Stow, a symlink farm manager program which takes distinct
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packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on
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the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same
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place. For example, /usr/local/bin could contain symlinks to files
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within /usr/local/stow/emacs/bin, /usr/local/stow/perl/bin etc., and
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likewise recursively for any other subdirectories such as .../share,
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.../man, and so on.
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This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and
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per-user installations of software built from source, but can also
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facilitate a more controlled approach to management of configuration
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files in the user's home directory, especially when coupled with
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version control systems.
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Stow is implemented as a combination of a Perl script providing a CLI
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interface, and a backend Perl module which does most of the work.
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You can get the latest information about Stow from the home page:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
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License
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-------
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Stow is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License,
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which can be found in the file COPYING.
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Installation
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------------
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See INSTALL for installation instructions.
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Feedback
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--------
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Please do send comments, questions, and constructive criticism. The
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mailing lists and any other communication channels are detailed on the
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above home page.
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Brief history
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-------------
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Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's "Depot" program, but is
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substantially simpler. Whereas Depot requires database files to keep
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things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs, so there's no
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danger (as there is in Depot) of mangling directories when file
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hierarchies don't match the database. Also unlike Depot, Stow will
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never delete any files, directories, or links that appear in a Stow
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directory (e.g., /usr/local/stow/emacs), so it's always possible to
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rebuild the target tree (e.g., /usr/local).
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[](https://travis-ci.org/aspiers/stow)
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[](https://coveralls.io/github/aspiers/stow?branch=master)
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README for GNU Stow
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===================
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This README describes GNU Stow. This is not the definitive
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documentation for Stow; for that, see the [info
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manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/).
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Stow is a symlink farm manager program which takes distinct sets
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of software and/or data located in separate directories on the
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filesystem, and makes them all appear to be installed in a single
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directory tree.
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Originally Stow was born to address the need to administer, upgrade,
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install, and remove files in independent software packages without
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confusing them with other files sharing the same file system space.
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For instance, many years ago it used to be common to compile programs
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such as Perl and Emacs from source and install them in `/usr/local`.
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By using Stow, `/usr/local/bin` could contain symlinks to files within
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`/usr/local/stow/emacs/bin`, `/usr/local/stow/perl/bin` etc., and
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likewise recursively for any other subdirectories such as `.../share`,
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`.../man`, and so on.
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While this is useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user
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installations of software built from source, in more recent times
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software packages are often managed by more sophisticated package
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management software such as
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[`rpm`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software)),
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[`dpkg`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg), and
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[Nix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_package_manager) / [GNU
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Guix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix), or language-native
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package managers such as Ruby's
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[`gem`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RubyGems), Python's
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[`pip`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_(package_manager)),
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Javascript's [`npm`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_(software)),
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and so on.
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However Stow is still used not only for software package management,
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but also for other purposes, such as facilitating [a more controlled
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approach to management of configuration files in the user's home
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directory](http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html),
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especially when [coupled with version control
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systems](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-stow/2011-12/msg00000.html).
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Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's Depot program, but is
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substantially simpler and safer. Whereas Depot required database files
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to keep things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs, so
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there's no danger (as there was in Depot) of mangling directories when
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file hierarchies don't match the database. Also unlike Depot, Stow will
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never delete any files, directories, or links that appear in a Stow
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directory (e.g., `/usr/local/stow/emacs`), so it's always possible
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to rebuild the target tree (e.g., `/usr/local`).
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Stow is implemented as a combination of a Perl script providing a CLI
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interface, and a backend Perl module which does most of the work.
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You can get the latest information about Stow from the home page:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
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License
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-------
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Stow is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License,
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which can be found in the file [`COPYING`](COPYING).
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
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without any warranty.
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Installation
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------------
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See [`INSTALL.md`](INSTALL.md) for installation instructions.
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Feedback
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--------
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Please do send comments, questions, and constructive criticism. The
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mailing lists and any other communication channels are detailed on the
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above home page.
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Brief history and authorship
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----------------------------
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Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's "Depot" program, but is
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substantially simpler. Whereas Depot requires database files to keep
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things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs, so there's no
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danger (as there is in Depot) of mangling directories when file
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hierarchies don't match the database. Also unlike Depot, Stow will
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never delete any files, directories, or links that appear in a Stow
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directory (e.g., `/usr/local/stow/emacs`), so it's always possible to
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rebuild the target tree (e.g., `/usr/local`).
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For a high-level overview of the contributions of the main developers
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over the years, see [the `AUTHORS` file](AUTHORS).
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For a more detailed history, please see the `ChangeLog` file.
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
‘<samp class="samp">make -n install</samp>’, which should report all the steps needed to
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
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<h2 class="chapter" id="Installing-Packages-1"><span>5 Installing Packages<a class="copiable-link" href="#Installing-Packages-1"> ¶</a></span></h2>
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<h2 class="chapter">5 Installing Packages</h2>
|
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<p><a name="index-installation-17"></a>The default action of Stow is to install a package. This means creating
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-installation"></a>
|
||||
<p>The default action of Stow is to install a package. This means creating
|
||||
symlinks in the target tree that point into the package tree. Stow
|
||||
attempts to do this with as few symlinks as possible; in other words, if
|
||||
Stow can create a single symlink that points to an entire subtree within
|
||||
the package tree, it will choose to do that rather than create a
|
||||
directory in the target tree and populate it with symlinks.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="tree-folding"></a>
|
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|
||||
<h3 class="section">5.1 Tree folding</h3>
|
||||
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<p><a name="index-tree-folding-18"></a><a name="index-directory-folding-19"></a><a name="index-folding-trees-20"></a>For example, suppose that no packages have yet been installed in
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp>; it's completely empty (except for the <samp><span class="file">stow</span></samp>
|
||||
subdirectory, of course). Now suppose the Perl package is installed.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<a class="anchor" id="tree-folding"></a><ul class="mini-toc">
|
||||
<li><a href="#Tree-folding" accesskey="1">Tree folding</a></li>
|
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<li><a href="#Tree-unfolding-1" accesskey="2">Tree unfolding</a></li>
|
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<li><a href="#Ownership" accesskey="3">Ownership</a></li>
|
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<li><a href="#Conflicts-during-installation" accesskey="4">Conflicts during installation</a></li>
|
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</ul>
|
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<div class="section-level-extent" id="Tree-folding">
|
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<h3 class="section"><span>5.1 Tree folding<a class="copiable-link" href="#Tree-folding"> ¶</a></span></h3>
|
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-tree-folding"></a>
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-directory-folding"></a>
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-folding-trees"></a>
|
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<p>For example, suppose that no packages have yet been installed in
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local</samp>; it’s completely empty (except for the <samp class="file">stow</samp>
|
||||
subdirectory, of course). Now suppose the Perl package is installed.
|
||||
Recall that it includes the following directories in its installation
|
||||
image: <samp><span class="file">bin</span></samp>; <samp><span class="file">info</span></samp>; <samp><span class="file">lib/perl</span></samp>; <samp><span class="file">man/man1</span></samp>.
|
||||
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|
||||
it with symlinks to <samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</span></samp> and
|
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<samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</span></samp> (and so on), Stow will create a
|
||||
single symlink, <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp>, which points to
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">stow/perl/bin</span></samp>. In this way, it still works to refer to
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/perl</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin/a2p</span></samp>, and fewer
|
||||
symlinks have been created. This is called <dfn>tree folding</dfn>, since an
|
||||
image: <samp class="file">bin</samp>; <samp class="file">info</samp>; <samp class="file">lib/perl</samp>; <samp class="file">man/man1</samp>.
|
||||
Rather than creating the directory <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> and populating
|
||||
it with symlinks to <samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</samp> and
|
||||
<samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</samp> (and so on), Stow will create a
|
||||
single symlink, <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp>, which points to
|
||||
<samp class="file">stow/perl/bin</samp>. In this way, it still works to refer to
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/bin/perl</samp> and <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin/a2p</samp>, and fewer
|
||||
symlinks have been created. This is called <em class="dfn">tree folding</em>, since an
|
||||
entire subtree is “folded” into a single symlink.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To complete this example, Stow will also create the symlink
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/info</span></samp> pointing to <samp><span class="file">stow/perl/info</span></samp>; the symlink
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/lib</span></samp> pointing to <samp><span class="file">stow/perl/lib</span></samp>; and the symlink
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/man</span></samp> pointing to <samp><span class="file">stow/perl/man</span></samp>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Now suppose that instead of installing the Perl package into an empty
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>To complete this example, Stow will also create the symlink
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/info</samp> pointing to <samp class="file">stow/perl/info</samp>; the symlink
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/lib</samp> pointing to <samp class="file">stow/perl/lib</samp>; and the symlink
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/man</samp> pointing to <samp class="file">stow/perl/man</samp>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Now suppose that instead of installing the Perl package into an empty
|
||||
target tree, the target tree is not empty to begin with. Instead, it
|
||||
contains several files and directories installed under a different
|
||||
system-administration philosophy. In particular, <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp>
|
||||
already exists and is a directory, as are <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/lib</span></samp> and
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/man/man1</span></samp>. In this case, Stow will descend into
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> and create symlinks to
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</span></samp> (etc.),
|
||||
and it will descend into <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/lib</span></samp> and create the
|
||||
tree-folding symlink <samp><span class="file">perl</span></samp> pointing to
|
||||
<samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/lib/perl</span></samp>, and so on. As a rule, Stow only
|
||||
system-administration philosophy. In particular, <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp>
|
||||
already exists and is a directory, as are <samp class="file">/usr/local/lib</samp> and
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/man/man1</samp>. In this case, Stow will descend into
|
||||
<samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> and create symlinks to
|
||||
<samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</samp> and <samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</samp> (etc.),
|
||||
and it will descend into <samp class="file">/usr/local/lib</samp> and create the
|
||||
tree-folding symlink <samp class="file">perl</samp> pointing to
|
||||
<samp class="file">../stow/perl/lib/perl</samp>, and so on. As a rule, Stow only
|
||||
descends as far as necessary into the target tree when it can create a
|
||||
tree-folding symlink. However, this behaviour can be changed via
|
||||
the <samp><span class="option">--no-folding</span></samp> option; see <a href="Invoking-Stow.html#Invoking-Stow">Invoking Stow</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="Tree-unfolding"></a>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3 class="section">5.2 Tree unfolding</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="index-splitting-open-folded-trees-21"></a><a name="index-unfolding-trees-22"></a><a name="index-tree-unfolding-23"></a><a name="index-tree-unsplitting-24"></a>The time often comes when a tree-folding symlink has to be undone
|
||||
the <samp class="option">--no-folding</samp> option; see <a class="pxref" href="Invoking-Stow.html">Invoking Stow</a>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<a class="anchor" id="Tree-unfolding"></a></div>
|
||||
<div class="section-level-extent" id="Tree-unfolding-1">
|
||||
<h3 class="section"><span>5.2 Tree unfolding<a class="copiable-link" href="#Tree-unfolding-1"> ¶</a></span></h3>
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-splitting-open-folded-trees"></a>
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-unfolding-trees"></a>
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-tree-unfolding"></a>
|
||||
<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-tree-unsplitting"></a>
|
||||
<p>The time often comes when a tree-folding symlink has to be undone
|
||||
because another package uses one or more of the folded subdirectories in
|
||||
its installation image. This operation is called <dfn>splitting open</dfn> or
|
||||
<dfn>unfolding</dfn> a folded tree. It involves removing the original symlink from
|
||||
its installation image. This operation is called <em class="dfn">splitting open</em> or
|
||||
<em class="dfn">unfolding</em> a folded tree. It involves removing the original symlink from
|
||||
the target tree, creating a true directory in its place, and then populating the
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
the old package that used the old symlink. For example, suppose that
|
||||
after installing Perl into an empty <samp><span class="file">/usr/local</span></samp>, we wish to
|
||||
install Emacs. Emacs's installation image includes a <samp><span class="file">bin</span></samp>
|
||||
directory containing the <samp><span class="file">emacs</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">etags</span></samp> executables,
|
||||
after installing Perl into an empty <samp class="file">/usr/local</samp>, we wish to
|
||||
install Emacs. Emacs’s installation image includes a <samp class="file">bin</samp>
|
||||
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|
||||
among others. Stow must make these files appear to be installed
|
||||
in <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp>, but presently <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> is a
|
||||
symlink to <samp><span class="file">stow/perl/bin</span></samp>. Stow therefore takes the
|
||||
following steps: the symlink <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> is deleted; the
|
||||
directory <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> is created; links are made from
|
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<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> to <samp><span class="file">../stow/emacs/bin/emacs</span></samp> and
|
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<samp><span class="file">../stow/emacs/bin/etags</span></samp>; and links are made from
|
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<samp><span class="file">/usr/local/bin</span></samp> to <samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</span></samp> and
|
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<samp><span class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</span></samp>.
|
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|
||||
<h3 class="section">5.3 Ownership</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="index-ownership-25"></a>When splitting open a folded tree, Stow makes sure that the
|
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in <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp>, but presently <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> is a
|
||||
symlink to <samp class="file">stow/perl/bin</samp>. Stow therefore takes the
|
||||
following steps: the symlink <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> is deleted; the
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directory <samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> is created; links are made from
|
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<samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> to <samp class="file">../stow/emacs/bin/emacs</samp> and
|
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<samp class="file">../stow/emacs/bin/etags</samp>; and links are made from
|
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<samp class="file">/usr/local/bin</samp> to <samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/perl</samp> and
|
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<samp class="file">../stow/perl/bin/a2p</samp>.
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<div class="section-level-extent" id="Ownership">
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<h3 class="section"><span>5.3 Ownership<a class="copiable-link" href="#Ownership"> ¶</a></span></h3>
|
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-ownership"></a>
|
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<p>When splitting open a folded tree, Stow makes sure that the
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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Stow owns, it can recompute if lost: symlinks that point into a package in
|
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|
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“owns”. Note that by this definition, Stow doesn't “own” anything
|
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<em>in</em> the stow directory or in any of the packages.
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<h3 class="section">5.4 Conflicts during installation</h3>
|
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<p><a name="index-conflicts-26"></a><a name="index-installation-conflicts-27"></a>If Stow needs to create a directory or a symlink in the target
|
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“owns”. Note that by this definition, Stow doesn’t “own” anything
|
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<h3 class="section"><span>5.4 Conflicts during installation<a class="copiable-link" href="#Conflicts-during-installation"> ¶</a></span></h3>
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-conflicts"></a>
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-installation-conflicts"></a>
|
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<p>If Stow needs to create a directory or a symlink in the target
|
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tree and it cannot because that name is already in use and is not owned
|
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by Stow, then a <dfn>conflict</dfn> has arisen. See <a href="Conflicts.html#Conflicts">Conflicts</a>.
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by Stow, then a <em class="dfn">conflict</em> has arisen. See <a class="xref" href="Conflicts.html">Conflicts</a>.
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<p>GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of
|
||||
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|
||||
filesystem, and makes them all appear to be installed in a single
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
<p>Originally Stow was born to address the need to administer, upgrade,
|
||||
install, and remove files in independent software packages without
|
||||
confusing them with other files sharing the same file system space.
|
||||
For instance, many years ago it used to be common to compile programs
|
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such as Perl and Emacs from source and install them in
|
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<samp class="file">/usr/local</samp>. When one does so, one winds up with the following
|
||||
files<a class="footnote" id="DOCF1" href="#FOOT1"><sup>1</sup></a> in
|
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<samp class="file">/usr/local/man/man1</samp>:
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|
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|
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|
||||
|
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<p>Stow is a tool for managing the installation of multiple software
|
||||
packages in the same run-time directory tree. One historical difficulty
|
||||
of this task has been the need to administer, upgrade, install, and
|
||||
remove files in independent packages without confusing them with other
|
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|
||||
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|
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||||
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|
||||
get removed? Obviously <samp><span class="file">perl.1</span></samp> is one of them, but it should not
|
||||
be the administrator's responsibility to memorize the ownership of
|
||||
<p>Now suppose it’s time to uninstall Perl. Which man pages
|
||||
get removed? Obviously <samp class="file">perl.1</samp> is one of them, but it should not
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
<p>The approach used by Stow is to install each package into its own
|
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|
||||
installed in the common tree. Administration can be performed in the
|
||||
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|
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package’s private tree in isolation from clutter from other packages.
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
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management software such as
|
||||
<a class="uref" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software)"><code class="command">rpm</code></a>,
|
||||
<a class="uref" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg"><code class="command">dpkg</code></a>, and
|
||||
<a class="uref" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_package_manager">Nix</a> /
|
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<a class="uref" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guix">GNU Guix</a>, or
|
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|
||||
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|
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<a class="uref" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_(package_manager)">Python’s
|
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|
||||
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|
||||
<p>However Stow is still used not only for software package management,
|
||||
but also for other purposes, such as facilitating a more controlled
|
||||
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|
||||
directory<a class="footnote" id="DOCF2" href="#FOOT2"><sup>2</sup></a>,
|
||||
especially when coupled with version control
|
||||
systems<a class="footnote" id="DOCF3" href="#FOOT3"><sup>3</sup></a>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon’s Depot program, but is
|
||||
substantially simpler and safer. Whereas Depot required database
|
||||
files to keep things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs,
|
||||
so there’s no danger (as there was in Depot) of mangling directories
|
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when file hierarchies don’t match the database. Also unlike Depot,
|
||||
Stow will never delete any files, directories, or links that appear in
|
||||
a Stow directory (e.g., <samp class="file">/usr/local/stow/emacs</samp>), so it’s always
|
||||
possible to rebuild the target tree (e.g., <samp class="file">/usr/local</samp>).
|
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|
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|
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interface, and a backend Perl module which does most of the work.
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<p>For information about the latest version of Stow, you can refer to
|
||||
<a class="uref" href="http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/">http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/</a>.
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||||
</p>
|
||||
|
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<p>Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's Depot program, but is
|
||||
substantially simpler and safer. Whereas Depot required database files
|
||||
to keep things in sync, Stow stores no extra state between runs, so
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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<p>For information about the latest version of Stow, you can refer to
|
||||
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<h4>Footnotes</h4><p class="footnote"><small>[<a name="fn-1" href="#fnd-1">1</a>]</small> As of Perl 4.036 and Emacs
|
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|
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|
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<p><a class="uref" href="http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html">http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html</a></p>
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<h5 class="footnote-body-heading"><a id="FOOT3" href="#DOCF3">(3)</a></h5>
|
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<p><a class="uref" href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-stow/2011-12/msg00000.html">http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-stow/2011-12/msg00000.html</a></p>
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<p>The syntax of the <code class="command">stow</code> command is:
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|
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directory that we wish to install into (or delete from) the target directory.
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|
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directory that we wish to install into (or delete from) the target directory.
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<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-d </span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--dir=</span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dd>Set the stow directory to <var>dir</var>. Defaults to the value of the environment
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<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-t </span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--target=</span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dd>Set the target directory to <var>dir</var> instead of the parent of the stow
|
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may be specified by preceding the package name(s) with an <var class="var">action flag</var>.
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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This is effectively the opposite of <samp><span class="option">--override</span></samp>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>(N.B. the name <samp><span class="option">--defer</span></samp> was chosen in the sense that the package
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Also note that by default Stow automatically ignores a “sensible”
|
||||
built-in list of files and directories such as <samp class="file">CVS</samp>, editor
|
||||
backup files, and so on. See <a class="xref" href="Ignore-Lists.html">Ignore Lists</a>, for more details.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--defer=<var class="var">regexp</var></samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>This (repeatable) option avoids stowing a file matching the given
|
||||
regular expression, if that file is already stowed by another package.
|
||||
This is effectively the opposite of <samp class="option">--override</samp>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>(N.B. the name <samp class="option">--defer</samp> was chosen in the sense that the package
|
||||
currently being stowed is treated with lower precedence than any
|
||||
already installed package, not in the sense that the operation is
|
||||
being postponed to be run at a later point in time; do not confuse
|
||||
this nomenclature with the wording used in <a href="Deferred-Operation.html#Deferred-Operation">Deferred Operation</a>.)
|
||||
this nomenclature with the wording used in <a class="ref" href="Conflicts.html#Deferred-Operation">Deferred Operation</a>.)
|
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</p>
|
||||
<p>For example, the following options
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<div class="example">
|
||||
<pre class="example-preformatted">--defer=man --defer=info
|
||||
</pre></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For example, the following options
|
||||
|
||||
<pre class="example"> --defer=man --defer=info
|
||||
</pre>
|
||||
<p class="noindent">will cause stow to skip over pre-existing man and info pages.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Equivalently, you could use ‘<samp><span class="samp">--defer='man|info'</span></samp>’ since the
|
||||
argument is just a Perl regex.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that the regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path
|
||||
<p>will cause stow to skip over pre-existing man and info pages.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Equivalently, you could use ‘<samp class="samp">--defer='man|info'</samp>’ since the
|
||||
argument is just a Perl regular expression.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Note that the regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path
|
||||
relative to the target directory, because this is what you will want to do most
|
||||
of the time.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--override=</span><var>regexp</var></samp>’<dd>This (repeatable) option forces any file matching the regular expression to be
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--override=<var class="var">regexp</var></samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>This (repeatable) option forces any file matching the regular expression to be
|
||||
stowed, even if the file is already stowed to another package. For example,
|
||||
the following options
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<div class="example">
|
||||
<pre class="example-preformatted">--override=man --override=info
|
||||
</pre></div>
|
||||
|
||||
<pre class="example"> --override=man --override=info
|
||||
</pre>
|
||||
<p class="noindent">will permit stow to overwrite links that point to pre-existing man and info
|
||||
<p>will permit stow to overwrite links that point to pre-existing man and info
|
||||
pages that are owned by stow and would otherwise cause a conflict.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path relative to
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>The regular expression is anchored to the beginning of the path relative to
|
||||
the target directory, because this is what you will want to do most of the time.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--no-folding</span></samp>’<dd>
|
||||
This disables any further <a href="tree-folding.html#tree-folding">tree folding</a> or <a href="tree-refolding.html#tree-refolding">tree refolding</a>.
|
||||
If a new subdirectory is encountered whilst stowing a new package, the
|
||||
subdirectory is created within the target, and its contents are
|
||||
symlinked, rather than just creating a symlink for the directory. If
|
||||
removal of symlinks whilst unstowing a package causes a subtree to be
|
||||
foldable (i.e. only containing symlinks to a single package), that
|
||||
subtree will not be removed and replaced with a symlink.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="index-adopting-existing-files-10"></a><br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--adopt</span></samp>’<dd><strong>Warning!</strong> This behaviour is specifically intended to alter the
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt><a id="index-dotfiles"></a><span>‘<samp class="samp">--dotfiles</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href="#index-dotfiles"> ¶</a></span></dt>
|
||||
<dd>
|
||||
<p>Enable special handling for <em class="emph">dotfiles</em> (files or folders whose
|
||||
name begins with a period) in the package directory. If this option is
|
||||
enabled, Stow will add a preprocessing step for each file or folder
|
||||
whose name begins with ‘<samp class="samp">dot-</samp>’, and replace the ‘<samp class="samp">dot-</samp>’ prefix
|
||||
in the name by a period ‘<samp class="samp">.</samp>’. This is useful when Stow is used to
|
||||
manage collections of dotfiles, to avoid having a package directory
|
||||
full of hidden files.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>For example, suppose we have a package containing two files,
|
||||
<samp class="file">stow/dot-bashrc</samp> and <samp class="file">stow/dot-emacs.d/init.el</samp>. With this
|
||||
option, Stow will create symlinks from <samp class="file">.bashrc</samp> to
|
||||
<samp class="file">stow/dot-bashrc</samp> and from <samp class="file">.emacs.d/init.el</samp> to
|
||||
<samp class="file">stow/dot-emacs.d/init.el</samp>. Any other files, whose name does not
|
||||
begin with ‘<samp class="samp">dot-</samp>’, will be processed as usual.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--no-folding</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd>
|
||||
<p>This disables any further tree folding (see <a class="pxref" href="Installing-Packages.html#tree-folding">tree folding</a>) or
|
||||
refolding (see <a class="pxref" href="Deleting-Packages.html#tree-refolding">tree refolding</a>). If a new subdirectory is
|
||||
encountered whilst stowing a new package, the subdirectory is created
|
||||
within the target, and its contents are symlinked, rather than just
|
||||
creating a symlink for the directory. If removal of symlinks whilst
|
||||
unstowing a package causes a subtree to be foldable (i.e. only
|
||||
containing symlinks to a single package), that subtree will not be
|
||||
removed and replaced with a symlink.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt><a id="index-adopting-existing-files"></a><span>‘<samp class="samp">--adopt</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href="#index-adopting-existing-files"> ¶</a></span></dt>
|
||||
<dd><p><strong class="strong">Warning!</strong> This behaviour is specifically intended to alter the
|
||||
contents of your stow directory. If you do not want that, this option
|
||||
is not for you.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When stowing, if a target is encountered which already exists but is a
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>When stowing, if a target is encountered which already exists but is a
|
||||
plain file (and hence not owned by any existing stow package), then
|
||||
normally Stow will register this as a conflict and refuse to proceed.
|
||||
normally Stow will register this as a conflict and refuse to proceed.
|
||||
This option changes that behaviour so that the file is moved to the
|
||||
same relative place within the package's installation image within the
|
||||
same relative place within the package’s installation image within the
|
||||
stow directory, and then stowing proceeds as before. So effectively,
|
||||
the file becomes adopted by the stow package, without its contents
|
||||
changing.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This is particularly useful when the stow package is under the control
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>This is particularly useful when the stow package is under the control
|
||||
of a version control system, because it allows files in the target
|
||||
tree, with potentially different contents to the equivalent versions
|
||||
in the stow package's installation image, to be adopted into the
|
||||
package, then compared by running something like ‘<samp><span class="samp">git diff ...</span></samp>’
|
||||
inside the stow package, and finally either kept (e.g. via ‘<samp><span class="samp">git
|
||||
commit ...</span></samp>’) or discarded (‘<samp><span class="samp">git checkout HEAD ...</span></samp>’).
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="index-dry-run-11"></a><a name="index-simulated-run-12"></a><br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-n</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--no</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--simulate</span></samp>’<dd>Do not perform any operations that modify the file system; in combination with
|
||||
<samp><span class="option">-v</span></samp> can be used to merely show what would happen.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a name="index-verbosity-levels-13"></a><br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-v</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--verbose[=</span><var>n</var><span class="samp">]</span></samp>’<dd>Send verbose output to standard error describing what Stow is
|
||||
doing. Verbosity levels are 0, 1, 2, and 3; 0 is the default. Using
|
||||
<samp><span class="option">-v</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--verbose</span></samp> increases the verbosity by one; using
|
||||
‘<samp><span class="samp">--verbose=</span><var>n</var></samp>’ sets it to <var>n</var>.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-p</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--compat</span></samp>’<dd>Scan the whole target tree when unstowing. By default, only
|
||||
directories specified in the <dfn>installation image</dfn> are scanned
|
||||
in the stow package’s installation image, to be adopted into the
|
||||
package, then compared by running something like ‘<samp class="samp">git diff ...</samp>’
|
||||
inside the stow package, and finally either kept (e.g. via ‘<samp class="samp">git
|
||||
commit ...</samp>’) or discarded (‘<samp class="samp">git checkout HEAD ...</samp>’).
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-simulated-run"></a>
|
||||
<a id="index-dry-run"></a><span>‘<samp class="samp">-n</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href="#index-dry-run"> ¶</a></span></dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--no</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--simulate</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Do not perform any operations that modify the file system; in combination with
|
||||
<samp class="option">-v</samp> can be used to merely show what would happen.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt><a id="index-verbosity-levels"></a><span>‘<samp class="samp">-v</samp>’<a class="copiable-link" href="#index-verbosity-levels"> ¶</a></span></dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--verbose[=<var class="var">n</var>]</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Send verbose output to standard error describing what Stow is
|
||||
doing. Verbosity levels are from 0 to 5; 0 is the default. Using
|
||||
<samp class="option">-v</samp> or <samp class="option">--verbose</samp> increases the verbosity by one; using
|
||||
‘<samp class="samp">--verbose=<var class="var">n</var></samp>’ sets it to <var class="var">n</var>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-p</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--compat</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Scan the whole target tree when unstowing. By default, only
|
||||
directories specified in the <em class="dfn">installation image</em> are scanned
|
||||
during an unstow operation. Scanning the whole tree can be
|
||||
prohibitive if your target tree is very large. This option restores
|
||||
the legacy behaviour; however, the <samp><span class="option">--badlinks</span></samp> option to the
|
||||
<samp><span class="command">chkstow</span></samp> utility may be a better way of ensuring that your
|
||||
installation does not have any dangling symlinks (see <a href="Target-Maintenance.html#Target-Maintenance">Target Maintenance</a>).
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-V</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--version</span></samp>’<dd>Show Stow version number, and exit.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-h</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--help</span></samp>’<dd>Show Stow command syntax, and exit.
|
||||
the legacy behaviour; however, the <samp class="option">--badlinks</samp> option to the
|
||||
<code class="command">chkstow</code> utility may be a better way of ensuring that your
|
||||
installation does not have any dangling symlinks (see <a class="pxref" href="Target-Maintenance.html">Target Maintenance</a>).
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-V</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--version</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Show Stow version number, and exit.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-h</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--help</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Show Stow command syntax, and exit.
|
||||
</p></dd>
|
||||
</dl>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The following <var>action flags</var> are supported:
|
||||
|
||||
<dl>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-D</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--delete</span></samp>’<dd>Delete (unstow) the package name(s) that follow this option from the <dfn>target
|
||||
directory</dfn>. This option may be repeated any number of times.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-R</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--restow</span></samp>’<dd>Restow (first unstow, then stow again) the package names that follow this
|
||||
<p>The following <var class="var">action flags</var> are supported:
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<dl class="table">
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-D</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--delete</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Delete (unstow) the package name(s) that follow this option from the <em class="dfn">target
|
||||
directory</em>. This option may be repeated any number of times.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-R</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--restow</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>Restow (first unstow, then stow again) the package names that follow this
|
||||
option. This is useful for pruning obsolete symlinks from the target tree
|
||||
after updating the software in a package. This option may be repeated any
|
||||
number of times.
|
||||
|
||||
<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-S</span></samp>’<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--stow</span></samp>’<dd>explictly stow the package name(s) that follow this option. May be
|
||||
omitted if you are not using the <samp><span class="option">-D</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> options in the
|
||||
same invocation. See <a href="Mixing-Operations.html#Mixing-Operations">Mixing Operations</a>, for details of when you
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</dd>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">-S</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dt>‘<samp class="samp">--stow</samp>’</dt>
|
||||
<dd><p>explictly stow the package name(s) that follow this option. May be
|
||||
omitted if you are not using the <samp class="option">-D</samp> or <samp class="option">-R</samp> options in the
|
||||
same invocation. See <a class="xref" href="Mixing-Operations.html">Mixing Operations</a>, for details of when you
|
||||
might like to use this feature. This option may be repeated any number
|
||||
of times.
|
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of times.
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</p></dd>
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make
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make install
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make install
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<p>When you stow separate Perl 5 modules separately, you are likely to
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and <samp class="file">perllocal.pod</samp>. One way to work around this is to remove
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those files before stowing the module. If you use the
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<samp class="file">cpan.<var class="var">module</var></samp> naming convention, you can simply do this:
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xargs rm
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|
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<p>Please send bug reports to the current maintainers by electronic
|
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mail. The address to use is ‘<samp><span class="samp"><bug-stow@gnu.org></span></samp>’. Please
|
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mail. The address to use is ‘<samp class="samp"><bug-stow@gnu.org></samp>’. Please
|
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include:
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<ul class="itemize mark-bullet">
|
||||
<li>the version number of Stow (‘<samp class="samp">stow --version</samp>’);
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
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<li>the version number of Stow (‘<samp><span class="samp">stow --version</span></samp>’);
|
||||
</li><li>the version number of Perl (‘<samp class="samp">perl -v</samp>’);
|
||||
|
||||
<li>the version number of Perl (‘<samp><span class="samp">perl -v</span></samp>’);
|
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</li><li>the system information, which can often be obtained with ‘<samp class="samp">uname
|
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|
||||
|
||||
<li>the system information, which can often be obtained with ‘<samp><span class="samp">uname
|
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-a</span></samp>’;
|
||||
</li><li>a description of the bug;
|
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|
||||
<li>a description of the bug;
|
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</li><li>the precise command you gave;
|
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|
||||
<li>the precise command you gave;
|
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</li><li>the output from the command (preferably verbose output, obtained by
|
||||
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|
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|
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|
||||
<li>the output from the command (preferably verbose output, obtained by
|
||||
adding ‘<samp><span class="samp">--verbose=3</span></samp>’ to the Stow command line).
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you are really keen, consider developing a minimal test case and
|
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creating a new test. See the <samp><span class="file">t/</span></samp> directory in the source for
|
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<p>If you are really keen, consider developing a minimal test case and
|
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creating a new test. See the <samp class="file">t/</samp> directory in the source for
|
||||
lots of examples.
|
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|
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<p>Before reporting a bug, please read the manual carefully, especially
|
||||
<a class="ref" href="Known-Bugs.html">Known Bugs</a>, to see whether you’re encountering
|
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|
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(see <a class="pxref" href="Conflicts.html">Conflicts</a>).
|
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|
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|
||||
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||||
|
||||
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|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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--override=bin
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|
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--override=man
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-maintenance"></a>
|
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<p>From time to time you will need to clean up your target tree. Since
|
||||
version 2, Stow provides a new utility <code class="command">chkstow</code> to help with
|
||||
this. It includes three operational modes which performs checks that
|
||||
would generally be too expensive to be performed during normal stow
|
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|
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|
||||
<p>The syntax of the <code class="command">chkstow</code> command is:
|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
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|
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|
||||
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<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-a</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--aliens</span></samp>’<dd>Checks for files in the target directory that are not symbolic links. The
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|
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|
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.+,v
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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||||
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|
||||
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||||
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|
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prefixing that with ‘<samp><span class="samp">/</span></samp>’. If any of the regular expressions
|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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||||
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|
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|
||||
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|
||||
‘<samp class="samp">o/bar/b</samp>’ would not (although ‘<samp class="samp">bar</samp>’ would cause its parent
|
||||
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|
||||
anyway, in which case the file <samp><span class="file">bazqux</span></samp> would not even be
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
||||
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|
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|
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
<samp><span class="file">one/two/three</span></samp>, there are six valid subpaths: <samp><span class="file">one</span></samp>,
|
||||
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||||
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|
||||
<samp class="file">one/two/three</samp>, there are six valid subpaths: <samp class="file">one</samp>,
|
||||
<samp class="file">two</samp>, <samp class="file">three</samp>, <samp class="file">one/two</samp>, <samp class="file">two/three</samp>,
|
||||
<samp class="file">one/two/three</samp>.</p>
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<h5 class="footnote-body-heading"><a id="FOOT6" href="#DOCF6">(6)</a></h5>
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<p>The “basename” is the name of the file or
|
||||
directory itself, excluding any directory path prefix - as returned by
|
||||
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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">Stow</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Introduction" href="Introduction.html#Introduction">1 Introduction</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Compile_002dtime-vs-Install_002dtime" href="Compile_002dtime-vs-Install_002dtime.html#Compile_002dtime-vs-Install_002dtime">12 Compile-time vs Install-time</a>
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<li><a href="GNU-Emacs.html#GNU-Emacs">12.2 GNU Emacs</a>
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© 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>
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© 2000, 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
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© 2007 Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson <kahlil@internode.on.net>
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© 2011 Adam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org>
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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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@set UPDATED 9 November 2015
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@set EDITION 2.2.2
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@set VERSION 2.2.2
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@set UPDATED 23 October 2023
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@set UPDATED-MONTH October 2023
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@set EDITION 2.3.2-fixbug56727
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