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Bootstrapping
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   Suppose you have a stow directory all set up and ready to go:
`/usr/local/stow/perl' contains the Perl installation,
`/usr/local/stow/stow' contains Stow itself, and perhaps you have other
packages waiting to be stowed.  You'd like to be able to do this:

     cd /usr/local/stow
     stow -vv *

but `stow' is not yet in your `PATH'.  Nor can you do this:

     cd /usr/local/stow
     stow/bin/stow -vv *

because the `#!' line at the beginning of `stow' tries to locate Perl
(usually in `/usr/local/bin/perl'), and that won't be found.  The
solution you must use is:

     cd /usr/local/stow
     perl/bin/perl stow/bin/stow -vv *


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