/dotfiles

backup of configuration files

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dotfiles

backup of configuration files

running installdotfiles.sh will do 1 of the following:

  1. if there are files specified on the dotfiles folder
    • then it will move all files in the home directory from the dotfiles folder into the backup folder old_dotfiles Then it will create a symbolic link of the file in dotfiles to your home directory.
  2. If there are no files specified in dotfiles folder
    • then it will attempt to store dot files defined in DEFAULT_FILES into the dotfiles folder. Then it will create a symbolic link of the file in dotfiles to your home directory.

you can also select individual dotfiles to backup by making use of the -s flag.

./installdotfiles.sh -s <fileName>

can also make use of the -h flag to get help on the commands