From 2f5271d6688aef993f5c6f4809c372f97f021a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vera Lewis <vera.lewis@xenami.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 03:55:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Documented duplicate feature; fixed a bug in duplicate caused
 by nonexistent notebooks

---
 vns | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vns b/vns
index b3e3806..f483c54 100644
--- a/vns
+++ b/vns
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ vns_printHelp (){
     # printHelp
     # Prints help information to stdout
 
-    printf "%s"   "usage: vns [-cedlpqr] <notebook/section/name>"
+    printf "%s"   "usage: vns [-cdelpqr] <notebook/section/name>"
     printf "\\n%s" "       vns -I GPG_RECIPIENT (GPG_RECIPIENTS...)"
     printf "\\n%s" "       vns -h"
     printf "\\n%s" "       vns git ..."
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ vns_printHelp (){
     printf "\\n%s" "  -p : Print note to console"
     printf "\\n%s" "  -q : Query notes for expression"
     printf "\\n%s" "  -r : Rename/move a note"
+    printf "\\n%s" "  -u : Duplicate note as given path"
     printf "\\n\\n"
 
 }
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ vns_duplicate () {
                 vns_raise "User declined overwrite" 0;;
         esac
     fi
-
+    mkdir -p "$VNS_STORE/$(dirname $2)"
     cp "$VNS_STORE/$1.gpg" "$VNS_STORE/$2.gpg"
     vns_git add "$VNS_STORE/$2.gpg"
 }