symlinker.sh


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#!/bin/sh

## execute this as some special user (e.g. dev, untrust, purch,...)
##  it creates symlinks to FVWM_TEMPLATE_DIR/{*.fvwm|config} and
##  also handles customized symlinks (which are local) as long as they follow
##  the naming convention of  STDNAME.xxxxx.custom (e.g. menu-var.untrust.custom)

link_dir=~neil/fvwm.linked

cd ~/.fvwm
for custom_name in *custom
do
  if [ -e $custom_name ]
  then
    std_name=`echo $custom_name | cut -d. -f1`
    ln -sf $custom_name ${std_name}.fvwm
  fi
done 

for master_file in $link_dir/*.fvwm
do
  link_name=`basename $master_file`
  std_name=`echo $link_name | cut -d. -f1`
  if [ -e ${std_name}*custom ]; then continue; fi ## don't overwrite custom links
  ln -sf $master_file $link_name
done

ln -sf $link_dir/config config