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Patrick Williamsc0f7c042017-02-23 20:41:17 -06001#! /usr/bin/env python3
Patrick Williamsc124f4f2015-09-15 14:41:29 -05002
3# Create a *relative* symlink, just like ln --relative does but without needing
4# coreutils 8.16.
5
6import sys, os
7
8if len(sys.argv) != 3:
Patrick Williamsc0f7c042017-02-23 20:41:17 -06009 print("$ lnr TARGET LINK_NAME")
Patrick Williamsc124f4f2015-09-15 14:41:29 -050010 sys.exit(1)
11
12target = sys.argv[1]
13linkname = sys.argv[2]
14
15if os.path.isabs(target):
16 if not os.path.isabs(linkname):
17 linkname = os.path.abspath(linkname)
18 start = os.path.dirname(linkname)
19 target = os.path.relpath(target, start)
20
21os.symlink(target, linkname)