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Tools/scripts/mkreal.py

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+#! /usr/local/python
+
+# mkreal
+#
+# turn a symlink to a directory into a real directory
+
+import sys
+import posix
+import path
+from stat import *
+
+cat = path.cat
+
+error = 'mkreal error'
+
+BUFSIZE = 32*1024
+
+def mkrealfile(name):
+	st = posix.stat(name) # Get the mode
+	mode = S_IMODE(st[ST_MODE])
+	linkto = posix.readlink(name) # Make sure again it's a symlink
+	f_in = open(name, 'r') # This ensures it's a file
+	posix.unlink(name)
+	f_out = open(name, 'w')
+	while 1:
+		buf = f_in.read(BUFSIZE)
+		if not buf: break
+		f_out.write(buf)
+	del f_out # Flush data to disk before changing mode
+	posix.chmod(name, mode)
+
+def mkrealdir(name):
+	st = posix.stat(name) # Get the mode
+	mode = S_IMODE(st[ST_MODE])
+	linkto = posix.readlink(name)
+	files = posix.listdir(name)
+	posix.unlink(name)
+	posix.mkdir(name, mode)
+	posix.chmod(name, mode)
+	linkto = cat('..', linkto)
+	#
+	for file in files:
+		if file not in ('.', '..'):
+			posix.symlink(cat(linkto, file), cat(name, file))
+
+def main():
+	sys.stdout = sys.stderr
+	progname = path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+	args = sys.argv[1:]
+	if not args:
+		print 'usage:', progname, 'path ...'
+		sys.exit(2)
+	status = 0
+	for name in args:
+		if not path.islink(name):
+			print progname+':', name+':', 'not a symlink'
+			status = 1
+		else:
+			if path.isdir(name):
+				mkrealdir(name)
+			else:
+				mkrealfile(name)
+	sys.exit(status)
+
+main()