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+#!@PYTHON@
+# mass-link.py
+
+# USAGE: mass-link.py [--prepend-suffix SUFFIX] symbolic | hard SOURCEDIR DESTDIR FILES
+#
+# create hard or symbolic links to SOURCEDIR/FILES in DESTDIR
+#
+# If --prepend-suffix is specified, link to foo.bar will be called fooSUFFIX.bar.
+# Shell wildcards expansion is performed on FILES.
+
+import sys
+import os
+import glob
+import getopt
+
+print "mass-link.py"
+
+optlist, args = getopt.getopt (sys.argv[1:], '', ['prepend-suffix='])
+link_type, source_dir, dest_dir = args[0:3]
+files = args[3:]
+
+source_dir = os.path.normpath (source_dir)
+dest_dir = os.path.normpath (dest_dir)
+
+prepended_suffix = ''
+for x in optlist:
+ if x[0] == '--prepend-suffix':
+ prepended_suffix = x[1]
+
+if prepended_suffix:
+ def insert_suffix (p):
+ l = p.split ('.')
+ if len (l) >= 2:
+ l[-2] += prepended_suffix
+ return '.'.join (l)
+ return p + prepended_suffix
+else:
+ insert_suffix = lambda p: p
+
+if link_type == 'symbolic':
+ link = os.symlink
+elif link_type == 'hard':
+ link = os.link
+else:
+ sys.stderr.write(sys.argv[0] + ': ' + link_type + ": wrong argument, expected 'symbolic' or 'hard'\n")
+ sys.exit (1)
+
+sourcefiles = []
+for pattern in files:
+ sourcefiles += (glob.glob (os.path.join (source_dir, pattern)))
+
+def relative_path (f):
+ if source_dir == '.':
+ return f
+ return f[len (source_dir) + 1:]
+
+destfiles = [os.path.join (dest_dir, insert_suffix (relative_path (f))) for f in sourcefiles]
+
+destdirs = set ([os.path.dirname (dest) for dest in destfiles])
+[os.makedirs (d) for d in destdirs if not os.path.exists (d)]
+
+def force_link (src,dest):
+ if os.path.exists (dest):
+ os.system ('rm -f ' + dest)
+ link (src, dest)
+
+map (force_link, sourcefiles, destfiles)