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commit 8f5765638bea0aed7e44bb4ddab93ab6000b7bb5 (patch)
parent cf6654ce630c6a2ee9bcf74bf2b3e14a12071fd5
Author: Alex Karle <alex@alexkarle.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:10:23 -0500

install: Create symlinks relative to $HOME, if possible

This is purely cosmetic (makes `ls -la` a bit more narrow, without
$HOME prefixing each symlink).

Diffstat:
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bin/lnkdot
 | 
7
++++++-

1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bin/lnkdot b/bin/lnkdot
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
 fi
 
 DIR="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")")"
+RELDIR="$(echo $DIR | sed "s#^$HOME/##")"
 
 lnk() {
 	printf "$1 ... "
 	if [ -e "$HOME/$1" -a ! -L "$HOME/$1" ]; then
 		echo "failed"
 	else
-		ln -snf $DIR/$1 $HOME/$1
+		root=$RELDIR
+		case $1 in
+			*/*) root=$DIR ;;
+		esac
+		ln -snf $root/$1 $HOME/$1
 		echo "linked"
 	fi
 }