Link packages into /usr/local

link-subdir

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Nico Schottelius <nico-linux //@// schottelius.org>
+# Date: 13-Mär-2007
+# Last Modified: -
+# Description: Links files from /usr/packages/$pkg/$dir/* to /usr/local/$dir
+#
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+   echo "$0: package (below /usr/packages/) subdir (like bin, lib or include)"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+basedir="$1"
+subdir="$2"
+destination=/usr/local
+ddir="${destination}/${subdir}"
+
+# test for existence, abort if conflicts are there
+do_exit=0
+for file in "${basedir}/${subdir}"/*; do
+   basename=$(basename "$file")
+   dest="${ddir}/${basename}"
+
+   if [ -e "${dest}" ]; then
+      echo "${dest} already exists, abort"
+      do_exit=1
+   fi
+done
+
+if [ "$do_exit" = 1 ]; then
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# link!
+for file in "${basedir}/${subdir}"/*; do
+   ln -s "$file" "$ddir"
+done
+
+