#!/usr/bin/env python # Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. # 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). 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 import os.path import shutil import sys def Main(argv): parser = optparse.OptionParser() parser.add_option('-f', '--force', action='store_true') parser.add_option('--touch') options, args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:]) if len(args) < 2: parser.error('at least two arguments required.') target = args[-1] sources = args[:-1] for s in sources: 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: os.symlink(s, t) except OSError, e: if e.errno == errno.EEXIST and options.force: if os.path.isdir(t): shutil.rmtree(t, ignore_errors=True) else: os.remove(t) os.symlink(s, t) else: raise if options.touch: with open(options.touch, 'w') as f: pass if __name__ == '__main__': sys.exit(Main(sys.argv))