#!/usr/bin/env python """dotfilemanager.py - a dotfiles manager script. See --help for usage and command-line arguments. """ import os,sys,platform # TODO: allow setting hostname as a command-line argument also? try: HOSTNAME = os.environ['DOTFILEMANAGER_HOSTNAME'] except KeyError: HOSTNAME = platform.node() HOSTNAME_SEPARATOR = '__' def tidy(d,report=False): """Find and delete any broken symlinks in directory d. Arguments: d -- The directory to consider (absolute path) Keyword arguments: report -- If report is True just report on what broken symlinks are found, don't attempt to delete them (default: False) """ for f in os.listdir(d): path = os.path.join(d,f) if os.path.islink(path): target_path = os.readlink(path) target_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(target_path)) if not os.path.exists(target_path): # This is a broken symlink. if report: print 'tidy would delete broken symlink: %s->%s' % (path,target_path) else: print 'Deleting broken symlink: %s->%s' % (path,target_path) os.remove(path) def get_target_paths(to_dir,report=False): """Return the list of absolute paths to link to for a given to_dir. This handles skipping various types of filename in to_dir and resolving host-specific filenames. """ paths = [] filenames = os.listdir(to_dir) for filename in filenames: path = os.path.join(to_dir,filename) if filename.endswith('~'): if report: print 'Skipping %s' % filename continue elif (not os.path.isfile(path)) and (not os.path.isdir(path)): if report: print 'Skipping %s (not a file or directory)' % filename continue elif filename.startswith('.'): if report: print 'Skipping %s (filename has a leading dot)' % filename continue else: if HOSTNAME_SEPARATOR in filename: # This appears to be a filename with a trailing # hostname, e.g. _muttrc__dulip. If the trailing # hostname matches the hostname of this host then we # link to it. hostname = filename.split(HOSTNAME_SEPARATOR)[-1] if hostname == HOSTNAME: paths.append(path) else: if report: print 'Skipping %s (different hostname)' % filename continue else: # This appears to be a filename without a trailing # hostname. if filename + HOSTNAME_SEPARATOR + HOSTNAME in filenames: if report: print 'Skipping %s (there is a host-specific version of this file for this host)' % filename continue else: paths.append(path) return paths def link(from_dir,to_dir,report=False): """Make symlinks in from_dir to each file and directory in to_dir. This handles converting leading underscores in to_dir to leading dots in from_dir. Arguments: from_dir -- The directory in which symlinks will be created (string, absolute path) to_dir -- The directory containing the files and directories that will be linked to (string, absolute path) Keyword arguments: report -- If report is True then only report on the status of symlinks in from_dir, don't actually create any new symlinks (default: False) """ # The paths in to_dir that we will be symlinking to. to_paths = get_target_paths(to_dir,report) # Dictionary of symlinks we will be creating, from_path->to_path symlinks = {} for to_path in to_paths: to_directory, to_filename = os.path.split(to_path) # Change leading underscores to leading dots. if to_filename.startswith('_'): from_filename = '.' + to_filename[1:] else: from_filename = to_filename # Remove hostname specifiers. parts = from_filename.split(HOSTNAME_SEPARATOR) assert len(parts) == 1 or len(parts) == 2 from_filename = parts[0] from_path = os.path.join(from_dir,from_filename) symlinks[from_path] = to_path # Attempt to create the symlinks that don't already exist. for from_path,to_path in symlinks.items(): # Check that nothing already exists at from_path. if os.path.islink(from_path): # A link already exists. existing_to_path = os.readlink(from_path) existing_to_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(existing_to_path)) if existing_to_path == to_path: # It's already a link to the intended target. All is # well. continue else: # It's a link to somewhere else. print from_path+" => is already symlinked to "+existing_to_path elif os.path.isfile(from_path): print "There's a file in the way at "+from_path elif os.path.isdir(from_path): print "There's a directory in the way at "+from_path elif os.path.ismount(from_path): print "There's a mount point in the way at "+from_path else: # The path is clear, make the symlink. if report: print 'link would make symlink: %s->%s' % (from_path,to_path) else: print 'Making symlink %s->%s' % (from_path,to_path) os.symlink(to_path,from_path) def usage(): return """Usage: dotfilemanager link|tidy|report [FROM_DIR [TO_DIR]] Commands: link -- make symlinks in FROM_DIR to files and directories in TO_DIR tidy -- remove broken symlinks from FROM_DIR report -- report on symlinks in FROM_DIR and files and directories in TO_DIR FROM_DIR defaults to ~ and TO_DIR defaults to ~/.dotfiles. """ if __name__ == "__main__": try: ACTION = sys.argv[1] except IndexError: print usage() sys.exit(2) try: FROM_DIR = sys.argv[2] except IndexError: FROM_DIR = '~' FROM_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(FROM_DIR)) if not os.path.isdir(FROM_DIR): print "FROM_DIR %s is not a directory!" % FROM_DIR print usage() sys.exit(2) if ACTION == 'tidy': tidy(FROM_DIR) else: try: TO_DIR = sys.argv[3] except IndexError: TO_DIR = os.path.join('~','.dotfiles') TO_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(TO_DIR)) if not os.path.isdir(TO_DIR): print "TO_DIR %s is not a directory!" % TO_DIR print usage() sys.exit(2) if ACTION == 'link': link(FROM_DIR,TO_DIR) elif ACTION == 'report': link(FROM_DIR,TO_DIR,report=True) tidy(FROM_DIR,report=True) else: print usage() sys.exit(2)