Stow 2.3.1 Managing the installation of software packages Bob Glickstein, Zanshin Software, Inc. Kahlil Hodgson, RMIT University, Australia. Guillaume Morin Adam Spiers This manual describes GNU Stow version 2.3.1 (28 July 2019), a program for managing farms of symbolic links. Software and documentation is copyrighted by the following: c 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Bob Glickstein <
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