GNU Stow

[dmarcoux]

Hello,

I have one question about GNU Stow. I learned, thanks to you, how to use GNU Stow with the -t option like this stow -t / my_folder. I am wondering how can I unstow it? I tried stow -D my_folder and stow -D / my_folder, but it doesn't work. Do you have any idea how to do this?

Thanks!

[xero]

hey,
all you need to do is combine the arguments.

say you have this setup:

[/tmp/stowtest]── - tree ../
../
└── stowtest/
    └── bin/
        └── file

2 directories, 1 file

if you stow the bin folder:

[/tmp/stowtest]── - stow bin
[/tmp/stowtest]── - tree ../
../
├── stowtest/
│   └── bin/
│       └── file
└── file -> stowtest/bin/file

2 directories, 2 files

to remove use the D flag:

[/tmp/stowtest]── - stow -D bin
[/tmp/stowtest]── - tree ../
../
└── stowtest/
    └── bin/
        └── file

2 directories, 1 file

to stow to another location use the t flag with a target location:

[/tmp/stowtest]── - mkdir somewhere
[/tmp/stowtest]── - stow bin -t ./somewhere
[/tmp/stowtest]── - tree ../
../
└── stowtest/
    ├── bin/
    │   └── file
    └── somewhere/
        └── file -> ../bin/file

3 directories, 2 files

you can remove it by using both the D and t flags:

[/tmp/stowtest]── - stow -D bin -t ./somewhere
[/tmp/stowtest]── - tree ../
../
└── stowtest/
    ├── bin/
    │   └── file
    └── somewhere/

3 directories, 1 file
[/tmp/stowtest]── -

hope that helps

[dmarcoux]

It works well, thank you! Have a great day.