NAME¶
shtool-mkshadow -
GNU shtool create shadow tree using symlinks
SYNOPSIS¶
shtool mkshadow [
-v|
--verbose] [
-t|
--trace]
[
-a|
--all]
src-dir dst-dir
DESCRIPTION¶
This command creates a shadow tree of
src-dir under
dst-dir by
recreating the directory hierarchy of
src-dir under
dst-dir and
by creating the files of
src-dir by linking them into the corresponding
directories under
dst-dir via symbolic links. When
src-dir can
be reached via relative paths from
dst-dir, relative symbolic links are
used, too. This high-level functionality is originally designed for developers
to create copies of source trees.
OPTIONS¶
The following command line options are available.
- -v, --verbose
- Display some processing information.
- -t, --trace
- Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
- -a, --all
- Really shadow all files and directories in src-dir. Default is to
skip CVS related files and directories, backup files, object files,
etc.
EXAMPLE¶
# shell script
shtool mkshadow -v -a . /tmp/shadow
HISTORY¶
The
GNU shtool mkshadow command was originally written by Ralf S.
Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1998 for
Apache. It was
later revised and taken over into
GNU shtool.
SEE ALSO¶
shtool(1),
ln(1).