gtkradiant-svn/gtkradiant.sh

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 #
   3 # A wrapper for applications that need write access
   4 # to a directory that is write protected. We just link
   5 # it to somewhere in home and it will work :)
   6 # - thoughtcrime
   7 #
   8 #
   9 # Configuration
  10 #
  11 # Path to the program
  12 path_program="/usr/share/gtkradiant"
  13 #
  14 # Where will we put the files?
  15 # (Somewhere in home would make sense)
  16 path_target=~/.radiant/1.6.0
  17 #
  18 # Make sure that the temp path is unique
  19 # for each user!
  20 path_temp="/tmp/gtkradiant-`id -un`"
  21 #
  22 # $path_link are the folders where write access
  23 # is required. Both variables are relative to the
  24 # program folder.
  25 path_link=("games")
  26 path_app="radiant.bin"
  27 #
  28 # This is required if the application would find out
  29 # its correctly installed path otherwise
  30 hardlink_app="true"
  31 #
  32 # Configuration end
  33 #
  34
  35 # Install the temporary folder
  36 install -d "$path_temp"
  37
  38 # Link everything from the program in the temporary folder
  39 for file_target in ${path_program}/*; do
  40         if [[ "$hardlink_app" = "true" && "$path_temp/${file_target##*/}" = "$path_temp/$path_app" ]]; then
  41                 if [ ! -e "$path_temp/$path_app" ]; then
  42                         ln "$file_target"  "$path_temp/$path_app"
  43                 fi
  44         elif [ ! -L "$path_temp/${file_target##*/}" ]; then
  45                 ln -s "$file_target" "$path_temp/${file_target##*/}"
  46         fi
  47 done
  48
  49 # Link all folders that need write access
  50 for file_link in ${path_link[@]}; do
  51         if [ ! -d  "$path_target/$file_link" ]; then
  52                 install -d "$path_target/$file_link"
  53         fi
  54         if [ ! -L "$path_temp/$file_link" ]; then
  55                 ln -s "$path_target/$file_link" "$path_temp/$file_link"
  56         fi
  57 done
  58
  59 # Start the application
  60 cd "$path_temp"
  61 ./"$path_app" $*