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#! /usr/bin/env python3
# Create a *relative* symlink, just like ln --relative does but without needing
# coreutils 8.16.
import sys, os
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print("$ lnr TARGET LINK_NAME")
sys.exit(1)
target = sys.argv[1]
linkname = sys.argv[2]
if os.path.isabs(target):
if not os.path.isabs(linkname):
linkname = os.path.abspath(linkname)
start = os.path.dirname(linkname)
target = os.path.relpath(target, start)
os.symlink(target, linkname)