From 09d33b8e08a0b877761f5b1a901e2b4e765e0067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: default Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:03:27 +0100 Subject: Updated documentation. --- doc/snac.8 | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/snac.8') diff --git a/doc/snac.8 b/doc/snac.8 index 6d3886f..60671a1 100644 --- a/doc/snac.8 +++ b/doc/snac.8 @@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ This is the admin manual. For user operation, see .Xr snac 1 . For file and data formats, see .Xr snac 5 . +.Ss Special cares about your snac you must know beforehand +.Nm +makes heavy use of hard links and link reference counts for its work, so +don't even think of using it on a filesystem that doesn't support this +feature. Most UNIX-like operating systems (Linux, the BSDs, the old DEC +Ultrix machine in your grandfather basement, probably MacOS) support hard +links on their native filesystems. Don't do fancy things like moving the +subdirectories to different filesystems. Also, if you move your +.Nm +installation to another server, do it with a tool that respect hard +link counts. Remember: +.Nm +is a very UNIXy program that loves hard links. .Ss Building and Installation A C compiler must be installed in the system, as well as the development headers and libraries for OpenSSL and curl. To build -- cgit v1.2.3