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NAME
     linkfarm -- manage symbolic links to package files

SYNOPSIS
     linkfarm [-cDnRVv] [-d stowdir] [-s subdir] [-t target] package

DESCRIPTION
     The linkfarm command is used to manage a "linkfarm", a directory tree of
     symbolic links in target to the files in the package sub-directory of
     stowdir.  The default action is to create a linkfarm to a package.

     The following command-line options are supported:

     -c      Check whether a package contains a linkfarm in target.  If
             package has no symbolic links in target that correspond to its
             files, then return 0, otherwise return 1.

     -D      Delete the linkfarm for package.

     -d stowdir
             Set stowdir as the directory in which package can be found.  The
             default stowdir is the packages sub-directory in the default
             target directory.

     -n      Don't actually execute the commands for removing and creating the
             symbolic links and directories.

     -R      Delete and re-create the linkfarm for package.

     -s subdir
             The root of the package hierarchy for the linkfarm is the subdir
             sub-directory in the package.  By default, assume the root of the
             package hierarchy is simply the package directory.

     -t target
             Set target as the directory in which to create and delete the
             linkfarm for package.  The default target directory is /usr/pkg
             but may be overridden by the LOCALBASE environment variable.

     -V      Print version number and exit.

     -v      Turn on verbose output.  Specifying -v multiple times increases
             the level of verbosity.

ENVIRONMENT
     LOCALBASE
             The standard packages directory, /usr/pkg, can be overridden by
             specifying an alternative directory in the LOCALBASE environment
             variable.  This affects the default target and stowdir
             directories.

     PLIST_IGNORE_FILES
             This can be used to specify files in package that should ignored
             when creating and deleting symbolic links in target.
             PLIST_IGNORE_FILES is a space-separated list of shell glob
             patterns that match files relative to the package directory, and
             it defaults to "info/dir *[~#] *.OLD *.orig *,v".

SEE ALSO
     lndir(1), pkg_view(1)

AUTHORS
     The linkfarm utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

BSD                            September 2, 2003                           BSD
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