rellns-sh

   1 #! /bin/sh
   2 # rellns-sh - Simplified ln program to generate relative symbolic link.
   3 # Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4 # Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, October 1996
   5 #
   6 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   7 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   8 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   9 # any later version.
  10 #
  11 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  12 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  14 # GNU General Public License for more details.
  15 #
  16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  17 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  18 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  19
  20 if test $# -ne 2; then
  21   echo "Usage: rellns SOURCE DEST" >&2
  22   exit 1
  23 fi
  24
  25 case $1 in
  26 /*)
  27   # Make both paths absolute.
  28   to=`echo $1 | sed 's%^/%%'`
  29
  30   if test -d $2; then
  31     from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*$%%'`
  32   else
  33     from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*[^/]*$%%'`
  34   fi
  35
  36   case "$from" in
  37   /*) from=`echo $from | sed 's%^/*%%'` ;;
  38   ?*) from=`cd $from && pwd | sed 's%^/%%'` ;;
  39   *) from=`pwd | sed 's%^/%%'` ;;
  40   esac
  41   ;;
  42 *)
  43   to=$1
  44
  45   if test -d $2; then
  46     from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*$%%'`
  47   else
  48     from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*[^/]*$%%'`
  49   fi
  50   ;;
  51 esac
  52
  53 while test -n "$to" && test -n "$from"; do
  54   preto=`echo $to | sed 's%^\([^/]*\)/.*%\1%'`
  55   prefrom=`echo $from | sed 's%^\([^/]*\)/.*%\1%'`
  56
  57   test "$preto" != "$prefrom" && break
  58
  59   to=`echo $to | sed 's%^[^/]*/*\(.*\)$%\1%'`
  60   from=`echo $from | sed 's%^[^/]*/*\(.*\)$%\1%'`
  61 done
  62
  63 while test -n "$from"; do
  64   rfrom="../$rfrom"
  65   from=`echo $from | sed 's%^[^/]*/*%%'`
  66 done
  67
  68 ln -s $rfrom$to $2