shtool-mkshadow - GNU shtool create shadow tree using symlinks
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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.
Example
# shell script
shtool mkshadow -v -a . /tmp/shadow
History
The GNUshtoolmkshadow command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in
1998 for Apache. It was later revised and taken over into GNUshtool.
Name
shtool-mkshadow - GNU shtool create shadow tree using symlinks
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.
See Also
shtool(1), ln(1). 18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-MKSHADOW.TMP(1)
Synopsis
shtoolmkshadow [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-a|--all] src-dirdst-dir
