filelink

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 09 November 2020
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NAME

 

SYNOPSIS

edrc/bin/filelink [ -h ]

filelink -m mode -d directory_1 -d directory_2

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

 

DESCRIPTION

create hardlinks between identical files in two directory trees.

The hardlinks are created between files having the identical name and content in the two directories specified.

The main intention of the command is to simplify configuration file management when using sysconfig(1m) and having different configurations having some indentical files.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-m mode
mode of the program execution:

print
print expected changes in directory_2

execute
execute changes in directory_2

-d directory_1
source directory.

-d directory_2
directory where the links are created.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

2
operating system not supported.

3
cannot write to directory_1.

4
usage message displayed.

5
command aborted.

 

FILES

-

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

edrcintro(1), ln(1), sysconfig(1)

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

filelink was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 by Christian Walther

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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