Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

Mac: list deep dependencies of Homebrew formulae

January 7, 2024
Categories: Mac

If you need to dig deeper into the dependencies that brew has installed on your Mac, you can show a complete dependency tree using: brew deps –tree –installed If you need to see who relies on a specific target Formulae: brew uses –installed <targetFormulae> REFERENCES brew.sh, deps command syntax apple.stackexchange, ‘brew deps’ showing all … Mac: list deep dependencies of Homebrew formulae

Linux: Copy a directory preserving ownership, permissions, and modification date

October 15, 2018
Categories: Linux

File copying is about more than just content – the metadata for user ownership, permissions, and timestamps is often critical to retrieval and function. Below are the relevant switches for metadata preservation when using cp, rsync, and tar. These typically need sudo in order to work.