helper for making symlinks

scripts/ezlink

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+import sys
+import logging
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    # Handle program arguments
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="ezlink", description="Easier symlink took")
+    ap.add_argument("pointer", help="Link that points to the destination", type=Path)
+    ap.add_argument("destination", help="Destination of the link", type=Path)
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "-f", "--force", help="Force the link to be created", action="store_true"
+    )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--hard", help="Link directly to the destination inode", action="store_true"
+    )
+    ap.add_argument("--absolute", "-a", help="Use absolute paths", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--dereference-destination",
+        help="Follow the destination if it is also a pointer",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run", help="Don't actually create the link", action="store_true"
+    )
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    # Convert to absolute paths if requested
+    if args.absolute:
+        args.pointer = args.pointer.absolute()
+        args.destination = args.destination.absolute()
+
+    # Construct the appropriate LN command
+    command = ["ln"]
+    if not args.dereference_destination:
+        command.append("-n")
+    if not args.hard:
+        command.append("-s")
+    if args.force:
+        command.append("-f")
+    command.append(str(args.destination))
+    command.append(str(args.pointer))
+
+    # Print the command
+    print(" ".join(command))
+
+    # Run the command if not a dry run
+    if not args.dry_run:
+        return subprocess.run(command).returncode
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

scripts/ezlink3

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+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+python3 $(which ezlink) $@