syminst.sh   [plain text]

#!/bin/sh

#
# syminst - install with a symbolic link back to the build tree
#

# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script

doit="${DOITPROG-}"


# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.

lnprog="${LNPROG-ln -s}"
rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"

instcmd="$lnprog"
rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
srcdir=`pwd`/
src=""
dst=""

while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
    case $1 in
	-c) shift
	    continue;;

	-m) shift
	    shift
	    continue;;

	-o) shift
	    shift
	    continue;;

	-g) shift
	    shift
	    continue;;

	-s) shift
	    continue;;

	-DIR) srcdir=`echo $2 | sed 's;/\./;/;g'`/
	      shift
              shift
              continue;;

	*)  if [ x"$src" = x ]
	    then
		src=$1
	    else
		dst=$1
	    fi
	    shift
	    continue;;
    esac
done

if [ x"$src" = x ]
then
	echo "syminst:  no input file specified"
	exit 1
fi

if [ x"$dst" = x ]
then
	echo "syminst:  no destination specified"
	exit 1
fi


# if destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
# does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic

if [ -d $dst ]
then
	dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
fi

case $src in
    /*) srcdir=""
	instcmd=cp;;
esac

# get rid of the old one and mode the new one in

$doit $rmcmd $dst
$doit $instcmd $srcdir$src $dst

exit 0