#! /usr/bin/env python3 # linktree # # Make a copy of a directory tree with symbolic links to all files in the # original tree. # All symbolic links go to a special symbolic link at the top, so you # can easily fix things if the original source tree moves. # See also "mkreal". # # usage: mklinks oldtree newtree import sys, os LINK = '.LINK' # Name of special symlink at the top. debug = 0 def main(): if not 3 <= len(sys.argv) <= 4: print('usage:', sys.argv[0], 'oldtree newtree [linkto]') return 2 oldtree, newtree = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 3: link = sys.argv[3] link_may_fail = 1 else: link = LINK link_may_fail = 0 if not os.path.isdir(oldtree): print(oldtree + ': not a directory') return 1 try: os.mkdir(newtree, 0o777) except OSError as msg: print(newtree + ': cannot mkdir:', msg) return 1 linkname = os.path.join(newtree, link) try: os.symlink(os.path.join(os.pardir, oldtree), linkname) except OSError as msg: if not link_may_fail: print(linkname + ': cannot symlink:', msg) return 1 else: print(linkname + ': warning: cannot symlink:', msg) linknames(oldtree, newtree, link) return 0 def linknames(old, new, link): if debug: print('linknames', (old, new, link)) try: names = os.listdir(old) except OSError as msg: print(old + ': warning: cannot listdir:', msg) return for name in names: if name not in (os.curdir, os.pardir): oldname = os.path.join(old, name) linkname = os.path.join(link, name) newname = os.path.join(new, name) if debug > 1: print(oldname, newname, linkname) if os.path.isdir(oldname) and \ not os.path.islink(oldname): try: os.mkdir(newname, 0o777) ok = 1 except: print(newname + \ ': warning: cannot mkdir:', msg) ok = 0 if ok: linkname = os.path.join(os.pardir, linkname) linknames(oldname, newname, linkname) else: os.symlink(linkname, newname) if __name__ == '__main__': sys.exit(main())