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#!/bin/sh
# A minimal replacement for 'install' that supports installing symbolic links.
# Only a limited number of options are supported:
# -d dir Create a directory
# -m mode Sets a file's mode when installing
# If these commands aren't portable, we'll need some "if (arch)" type stuff
SYMLINK="ln -s"
MKDIR="mkdir -p"
RM="rm -f"
MODE=""
if [ "$1" = "-d" ] ; then
# make a directory path
$MKDIR "$2"
exit 0
fi
if [ "$1" = "-m" ] ; then
# set file mode
MODE=$2
shift 2
fi
# install file(s) into destination
if [ $# -ge 2 ] ; then
# Last cmd line arg is the dest dir
for FILE in $@ ; do
DEST="$FILE"
done
# Loop over args, moving them to DEST directory
I=1
for FILE in $@ ; do
if [ $I = $# ] ; then
# stop, don't want to install $DEST into $DEST
exit 0
fi
# determine file's type
if [ -h "$FILE" ] ; then
#echo $FILE is a symlink
# Unfortunately, cp -d isn't universal so we have to
# use a work-around.
# Use ls -l to find the target that the link points to
LL=`ls -l "$FILE"`
for L in $LL ; do
TARGET=$L
done
#echo $FILE is a symlink pointing to $TARGET
FILE=`basename "$FILE"`
# Go to $DEST and make the link
PWDSAVE="$PWD"
cd "$DEST" # pushd
$RM "$FILE"
$SYMLINK "$TARGET" "$FILE"
cd "$PWDSAVE" # popd
elif [ -f "$FILE" ] ; then
#echo "$FILE" is a regular file
$RM "$DEST/`basename $FILE`"
cp "$FILE" "$DEST"
if [ $MODE ] ; then
FILE=`basename "$FILE"`
chmod $MODE "$DEST/$FILE"
fi
else
echo "Unknown type of argument: " "$FILE"
exit 1
fi
I=`expr $I + 1`
done
exit 0
fi
# If we get here, we didn't find anything to do
echo "Usage:"
echo " install -d dir Create named directory"
echo " install [-m mode] file [...] dest Install files in destination"