36 lines
924 B
Bash
Executable File
36 lines
924 B
Bash
Executable File
#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# Try to hardlink a file into a directory, fallback to copy on failure.
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#
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# Hardlink-or-copy the source file in the first argument into the
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# destination directory in the second argument, using the basename in
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# the third argument as basename for the destination file. If the third
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# argument is missing, use the basename of the source file as basename
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# for the destination file.
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#
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# In either case, remove the destination prior to doing the
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# hardlink-or-copy.
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#
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# Note that this is NOT an atomic operation.
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set -e
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main() {
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local src_file="${1}"
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local dst_dir="${2}"
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local dst_file="${3}"
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if [ -n "${dst_file}" ]; then
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dst_file="${dst_dir}/${dst_file}"
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else
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dst_file="${dst_dir}/${src_file##*/}"
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fi
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mkdir -p "${dst_dir}"
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rm -f "${dst_file}"
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ln -f "${src_file}" "${dst_file}" 2>/dev/null \
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|| cp -f "${src_file}" "${dst_file}"
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}
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main "${@}"
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