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,
Display some processing information.
"-t,
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
"-a,
Really shadow all files and directories in src-dir. Default is to
skip \s-1CVS\s0 related files and directories, backup files, object files, etc.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool mkshadow -v -a . /tmp/shadow
HISTORY
The \s-1GNU\s0 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 \s-1GNU\s0 shtool.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), ln(1).
