To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
Used in a Sentence
stow
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stow.
Editorial note
Each package given on the command line is the name of a package in the stow directory (e.g., perl).
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of stow gathered in one view.
To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for stow.
verb
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
verb
To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
verb
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
verb
To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
Example sentences
Each package given on the command line is the name of a package in the stow directory (e.g., perl).
If you had a robot that could stow, pick, and pack any item in a warehouse...
I suggest to use GNU stow for managing config files and keep your repo in a separate directory.
Then when you use stow to setup foo, its bashrc modifications get installed too.
Use GNU stow to move those configurations and binaries to the right places.
And if you look back you find that GNU have a tool called Stow that do pretty much the same thing to compiled code.
The vruby project automates this workflow, by installing a binary ruby using Traveling Ruby and symlinking it to the local project using GNU stow.
The article doesn't explain how stow 'knows' where to place the symlinks.
It's very Unix; it reminds me a bit of GNU stow.
I like how he stows his LaserJet where other people might stow an old typewriter that they will probably never use again.
I was hoping Stow would somehow be an improvement over that but I don't really see how it does anything more for you.
I looked at a lot of different things like Stow and homeshick and the like and really didn't like any of the solutions.
Quote examples
It's no Japanese coffin motel, you don't need complicated tricks to stow away things; no hidden floors, multi-function furniture, murphy or loft beds (the most common bed size here seems to be 1.4m x 2m -- no clue what's that in "royalty").
Proper noun examples
GNU Stow[1] referencing a git repo in ~/.dotfiles is what I use for that.
Some servers at work don't have Git installed (and certainly not Stow), so I rsync ~/.my-config from my workstation to my home directory.
Stow also goes nicely with managing a directory in Dropbox for syncing game saves, app config data, etc, for apps that don't have any native support for cross-machine syncing but still work well enough when you fake it with symlinks.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use stow in a sentence?
Each package given on the command line is the name of a package in the stow directory (e.g., perl).
What does stow mean?
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
What part of speech is stow?
stow is commonly used as verb.