symlink.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
importos
importsubprocess
importsys

iflen(sys.argv) <3:
print('Too few args to '+sys.argv[0])
print('Usage: symlink.py <link_points_to> <link_path> [--dir | --file]')
sys.exit(1)

points_to=sys.argv[1]
link_path=sys.argv[2]

ifsys.platform=='win32':
points_to=points_to.replace('/', '\\')
link_path=link_path.replace('/', '\\')
iflen(sys.argv) >=4andsys.argv[3] =='--dir':
is_dir=True
eliflen(sys.argv) >=4andsys.argv[3] =='--file':
is_dir=False
else:
is_dir=os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1])

# Windows symlink support was introduced in python 3.2
subprocess.check_call(['cmd.exe', '/C',
'mklink '+ ('/D'ifis_direlse''),
link_path, points_to])
else:
os.symlink(points_to, link_path)