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2.9 KiB
74 lines
2.9 KiB
#!/usr/bin/python |
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# (c) 2015 Taeyeon Mori |
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# A simple script to make ln -s less painful |
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# |
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# Because of how symbolic links work (they're just a pathname that the OS reads and follows), |
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# the link target path must always be relative to the symlink's containing directory, OR |
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# an absolute path altogether. Unfortunately, ln -s does not automatically solve this issue |
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# which makes it painful to create a relative symlink somewhere outside the current working |
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# directory (It screws up shell completion for instance) |
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# This script performs the path transformation before creating the link and can therefore be |
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# used without worries of creating broken symlinks because one forgot to apply the correct |
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# relative adjustment to the target path |
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# |
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# ex: |
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# $ lns -v some-file dir/some-link |
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# ln -s '../some-file' 'dir/some-link' |
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# $ lns -v file ../derp/link # inside a directory called 'herp' |
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# ln -s '../herp/file' '../derp/link' |
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import os |
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import argparse |
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def transport_relpath(path, old_anchor, new_anchor): |
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""" |
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:brief: Transport a relative path from one anchor to another |
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Anchors must both be absolute paths, path must be relative (to old_anchor) |
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""" |
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return os.path.relpath(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(old_anchor, path)), new_anchor) |
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def verbose_symlink(target, dest): |
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print("ln -s '%s' '%s'" % (target, dest)) |
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return os.symlink(target, dest) |
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def main(argv): |
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# Command line interface to make_symlink() |
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=argv[0], |
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description="A 'ln -s' command that automatically translates relative target paths to be relative to the resulting symlink's containing directory when necessary.") |
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parser.add_argument("target", help="The file(s) to create symlink(s) to", nargs="+") |
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parser.add_argument("destination", help="The path of the symbolic link(s) to create") |
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parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", help="Print every operation", |
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dest="symlink", const=verbose_symlink, action="store_const", default=os.symlink) |
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args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:]) |
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# Multiple |
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if len(args.target) > 1: |
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if not os.path.isdir(args.destination): |
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print("Destination must be an existing directory when multiple targets are passed!") |
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for target in args.target: |
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dest = os.path.join(args.destination, os.path.basename(target)) |
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args.symlink(target if os.path.isabs(target) else transport_relpath(target, os.curdir, args.destination), dest) |
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# One |
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else: |
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target = args.target[0] |
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dest = ldir = args.destination |
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if os.path.isdir(dest): |
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dest = os.path.join(dest, os.path.basename(target)) |
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else: |
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ldir = os.path.dirname(dest) |
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args.symlink(target if os.path.isabs(target) else transport_relpath(target, os.curdir, ldir), dest) |
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return 0 |
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if __name__ == "__main__": |
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import sys |
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sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
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