# This program is under GPL v. 3 or later, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
lnf() {
- local help="lnf [--help] LN_ARGUMENTS...
+ local help="lnf [--help] [-T] LN_ARGUMENT...
Create symlinks conveniently and forcefully.
+
Remove existing file/links using trash-put or rm -rf if it is not available.
Create directory if needed. Small change to ln argument semantics: for 2 arguments,
-the second is the link, never a directory to put the link in.
-LN_ARGUMENTS are passed to ln -s --, meaning no ln option arguments are supported."
- if [[ $1 == --help ]]; then
+the second argument is a directory unless -T is passed. This removes ambiguity of
+replacing a file but not a directory. No ln option arguments are supported."
+
+ if [[ $1 == --help || $# -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "$help"
return 0
fi
+
+ local nodir=false
+ if [[ $1 == -T ]]; then
+ nodir=true
+ shift
+ fi
+
local remove x
if type -P dircolors >/dev/null; then
remove="rm -rf"
fi
- if [[ $# -ge 3 ]]; then
+ if $nodir && [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
+ if [[ -e "$2" || -L "$2" ]]; then
+ $remove "$2"
+ elif [[ ! -d "$2/.." ]]; then
+ mkdir -p "$2/.."
+ fi
+ elif [[ $# -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ -d ${!#} ]]; then
local oldcwd=$PWD
cd ${!#} # last arg
else
mkdir -p "${!#}"
fi
- elif [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
- if [[ -e "$2" || -L "$2" ]]; then
- $remove "$2"
- elif [[ ! -d "$2/.." ]]; then
- mkdir -p "$2/.."
- fi
elif [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
[[ -e "${1##*/}" || -L "${1##*/}" ]] && $remove "${1##*/}"
fi