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This manual describes GNU Stow version 2.2.2
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(9 November 2015), a program for managing the installation of software
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packages.
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Software and documentation is copyrighted by the following:
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(C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Bob Glickstein <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>
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(C) 2000, 2001 Guillaume Morin <gmorin@gnu.org>
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(C) 2007 Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson <kahlil@internode.on.net>
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(C) 2011 Adam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org>
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<h2 class="chapter">10 Target Maintenance</h2>
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<p><a name="index-maintenance-35"></a>From time to time you will need to clean up your target tree. Since
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version 2, Stow provides a new utility <samp><span class="command">chkstow</span></samp> to help with
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this. It includes three operational modes which performs checks that
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would generally be too expensive to be performed during normal stow
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execution.
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<p>The syntax of the <samp><span class="command">chkstow</span></samp> command is:
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<pre class="example"> chkstow [<var>options</var>]
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<p class="noindent">The following options are supported:
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<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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directory. Defaults to the parent of the stow directory, so it is typical to
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execute <samp><span class="command">stow</span></samp> from the directory <samp><span class="file">/usr/local/stow</span></samp>.
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<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-b</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--badlinks</span></samp>’<dd>Checks target directory for bogus symbolic links. That is, links that point to
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non-existent files.
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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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target directory should be managed by stow alone, except for directories that
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contain a <samp><span class="file">.stow</span></samp> file.
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<br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-l</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">--list</span></samp>’<dd>Will display the target package for every symbolic link in the stow target
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directory.
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