debian-cd-clone/tools/link.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $symlink_farm = $ENV{'SYMLINK'} || 0;
my $link_verbose = $ENV{'VERBOSE'} || 0;
my $link_copy = $ENV{'COPYLINK'} || 0;

sub good_link ($$) {
	my ($src, $dest) = @_;

	if (! -e $dest) {

		# Check if the destination directory does exist
		my $ddir = $dest;
		$ddir =~ s#/?[^/]+$##g;
		if ($ddir eq "") 
		{
			$ddir = ".";
		}
		if (! -d $ddir) # Create it if not
		{
			system("mkdir -p $ddir");
		}
		# Link the files
		if ($symlink_farm) {
			print "Symlink: $dest => $src\n" if ($link_verbose >= 3);
			if (not symlink ($src, $dest)) {
				print STDERR "Symlink from $src to $dest failed: $!\n";
			}
		} elsif ($link_copy) {
			print "Copy: $dest => $src\n" if ($link_verbose >= 3);
			if (system("cp -ap $src $dest")) {
				my $err_num = $? >> 8;
				my $sig_num = $? & 127;
				print STDERR "Copy from $src to $dest failed: cp exited with error code $err_num, signal $sig_num\n";
			}
		} else {
			print "Hardlink: $dest => $src\n" if ($link_verbose >= 3);
			if (not link ($src, $dest)) {
				print STDERR "Link from $src to $dest failed: $!\n";
			}
		}
	}
}

sub real_file ($) {
	my $link = shift;
	my ($dir, $to);
	
	while (-l $link) {
		$dir = $link;
		$dir =~ s#[^/]+/?$##;
		if ($to = readlink($link)) {
			$link = $dir . $to;
		} else {
			print STDERR "Can't readlink $link: $!\n";
		}
	}

	return $link;
}


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