commit 09d33b8e08a0b877761f5b1a901e2b4e765e0067
parent 2fcf9695aa02003e586971d72b90c052fcc72a52
Author: default <nobody@localhost>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:03:27 +0100
Updated documentation.
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diff --git 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
