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1 #! /bin/sh
2 # rellns-sh - Simplified ln program to generate relative symbolic link.
3 # Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 # Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, October 1996
6 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 # any later version.
11 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 # GNU General Public License for more details.
16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
20 if test $# -ne 2; then
21 echo "Usage: rellns SOURCE DEST" >&2
22 exit 1
25 # We only handle the case where SOURCE is the name of an existing file
26 if test ! -f $1; then
27 echo "rellns: $1 must name an existing file" >&2
28 exit 1
31 case $1 in
32 /*)
33 # Make both paths absolute.
34 to=`echo $1 | sed 's%^/%%'`
36 if test -d $2; then
37 from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*$%%'`
38 else
39 from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*[^/]*$%%'`
42 case "$from" in
43 /*) from=`echo $from | sed 's%^/*%%'` ;;
44 ?*) from=`cd $from && pwd | sed 's%^/%%'` ;;
45 *) from=`pwd | sed 's%^/%%'` ;;
46 esac
49 to=$1
51 if test -d $2; then
52 from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*$%%'`
53 else
54 from=`echo $2 | sed 's%/*[^/]*$%%'`
57 esac
59 while test -n "$to" && test -n "$from"; do
60 preto=`echo $to | sed 's%^\([^/]*\)/.*%\1%'`
61 prefrom=`echo $from | sed 's%^\([^/]*\)/.*%\1%'`
63 test "$preto" != "$prefrom" && break
65 to=`echo $to | sed 's%^[^/]*/*\(.*\)$%\1%'`
66 from=`echo $from | sed 's%^[^/]*/*\(.*\)$%\1%'`
67 done
69 while test -n "$from"; do
70 rfrom="../$rfrom"
71 from=`echo $from | sed 's%^[^/]*/*%%'`
72 done
74 ln -s $rfrom$to $2