1SHTOOL-MKSHADOW.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-MKSHADOW.TMP(1)
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6 shtool mkshadow - GNU shtool create shadow tree using symlinks
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9 shtool mkshadow [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-a|--all] src-dir dst-dir
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12 This command creates a shadow tree of src-dir under dst-dir by
13 recreating the directory hierarchy of src-dir under dst-dir and by
14 creating the files of src-dir by linking them into the corresponding
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18 developers to create copies of source trees.
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31 Really shadow all files and directories in src-dir. Default is to
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37 shtool mkshadow -v -a . /tmp/shadow
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40 The GNU shtool mkshadow command was originally written by Ralf S.
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