shtool-mkshadow

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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 recreat-
       ing 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 rela-
       tive paths from dst-dir, relative symbolic links are used, too. This
       high-level functionality is originally designed for developers to cre-
       ate 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 exe-
           cuted.

       -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 AT engelschall.com> in 1998 for Apache. It was later
       revised and taken over into GNU shtool.

SEE ALSO
       shtool(1), ln(1).



11-Aug-2004                      shtool 2.0.1           SHTOOL-MKSHADOW.TMP(1)