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      1 #! /usr/bin/env python

      2 
      3 # linktree

      4 #

      5 # Make a copy of a directory tree with symbolic links to all files in the

      6 # original tree.

      7 # All symbolic links go to a special symbolic link at the top, so you

      8 # can easily fix things if the original source tree moves.

      9 # See also "mkreal".

     10 #

     11 # usage: mklinks oldtree newtree

     12 
     13 import sys, os
     14 
     15 LINK = '.LINK' # Name of special symlink at the top.

     16 
     17 debug = 0
     18 
     19 def main():
     20     if not 3 <= len(sys.argv) <= 4:
     21         print 'usage:', sys.argv[0], 'oldtree newtree [linkto]'
     22         return 2
     23     oldtree, newtree = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
     24     if len(sys.argv) > 3:
     25         link = sys.argv[3]
     26         link_may_fail = 1
     27     else:
     28         link = LINK
     29         link_may_fail = 0
     30     if not os.path.isdir(oldtree):
     31         print oldtree + ': not a directory'
     32         return 1
     33     try:
     34         os.mkdir(newtree, 0777)
     35     except os.error, msg:
     36         print newtree + ': cannot mkdir:', msg
     37         return 1
     38     linkname = os.path.join(newtree, link)
     39     try:
     40         os.symlink(os.path.join(os.pardir, oldtree), linkname)
     41     except os.error, msg:
     42         if not link_may_fail:
     43             print linkname + ': cannot symlink:', msg
     44             return 1
     45         else:
     46             print linkname + ': warning: cannot symlink:', msg
     47     linknames(oldtree, newtree, link)
     48     return 0
     49 
     50 def linknames(old, new, link):
     51     if debug: print 'linknames', (old, new, link)
     52     try:
     53         names = os.listdir(old)
     54     except os.error, msg:
     55         print old + ': warning: cannot listdir:', msg
     56         return
     57     for name in names:
     58         if name not in (os.curdir, os.pardir):
     59             oldname = os.path.join(old, name)
     60             linkname = os.path.join(link, name)
     61             newname = os.path.join(new, name)
     62             if debug > 1: print oldname, newname, linkname
     63             if os.path.isdir(oldname) and \
     64                not os.path.islink(oldname):
     65                 try:
     66                     os.mkdir(newname, 0777)
     67                     ok = 1
     68                 except:
     69                     print newname + \
     70                           ': warning: cannot mkdir:', msg
     71                     ok = 0
     72                 if ok:
     73                     linkname = os.path.join(os.pardir,
     74                                             linkname)
     75                     linknames(oldname, newname, linkname)
     76             else:
     77                 os.symlink(linkname, newname)
     78 
     79 if __name__ == '__main__':
     80     sys.exit(main())
     81