#! /usr/bin/env python3 | |
# | |
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only | |
# | |
# Create a *relative* symlink, just like ln --relative does but without needing | |
# coreutils 8.16. | |
import sys, os | |
if len(sys.argv) != 3: | |
print("$ lnr TARGET LINK_NAME") | |
sys.exit(1) | |
target = sys.argv[1] | |
linkname = sys.argv[2] | |
if os.path.isabs(target): | |
if not os.path.isabs(linkname): | |
linkname = os.path.abspath(linkname) | |
start = os.path.dirname(linkname) | |
target = os.path.relpath(target, start) | |
os.symlink(target, linkname) |