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-rwxr-xr-xbuild/symlink.py10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build/symlink.py b/build/symlink.py
index 21b79b9..5a261dc 100755
--- a/build/symlink.py
+++ b/build/symlink.py
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.
-"""Make a symlink and optionally touch a file (to handle dependencies)."""
+"""Make a symlink and optionally touch a file (to handle dependencies).
+Usage:
+ symlink.py [options] sources... target
+
+A sym link to source is created at target. If multiple sources are specfied,
+then target is assumed to be a directory, and will contain all the links to
+the sources (basenames identical to their source).
+"""
import errno
import optparse
@@ -28,6 +35,7 @@ def Main(argv):
t = os.path.join(target, os.path.basename(s))
if len(sources) == 1 and not os.path.isdir(target):
t = target
+ t = os.path.expanduser(t)
if os.path.realpath(t) == s:
continue
try: