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diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi index 1042ad4..d4e4087 100644 --- a/doc/stow.texi +++ b/doc/stow.texi @@ -881,9 +881,10 @@ directory. Default command line options may be set in @file{.stowrc} (current directory) or @file{~/.stowrc} (home directory). These are parsed in -that order, and effectively prepended to the command line arguments -(with the notable difference that they won't be processed by the shell). -This feature can be used for some interesting effects. +that order, and are appended together if they both exist. The effect of +the options in the resource file is similar to simply prepending the +options to the command line. This feature can be used for some +interesting effects. For example, suppose your site uses more than one stow directory, perhaps in order to share around responsibilities with a number of systems @@ -922,6 +923,22 @@ immediate parent directory @file{/usr/local/stow}), overriding any pre-existing links to bin files or man pages, and ignoring some cruft that gets installed by default. +If an option is provided both on the command line and in a resource file, +the command line option takes precedence. For options that provide a single +value, such as @command{--target} or @command{--dir}, the command line +option will overwrite any options in the resource file. For options that can +be given more than once, @command{--ignore} for example, command line +options and resource options are appended together. + +For options that take a file path, environment variables and the tilde +character (@command{~}) are expanded. An environment variable can be +given in either the @command{$VAR} or @command{$@{VAR@}} form. To +prevent expansion, escape the @command{$} or @command{~} with a +backslash. + +The options @command{-D}, @command{-S}, and @command{-R} are ignored in +resource files. This is also true of any package names given in the +resource file. @c =========================================================================== @node Compile-time vs Install-time, Bootstrapping, Resource Files, Top |