#!/bin/bash LAPTOP="laptop" DESKTOP="desk" DEST_FILENAME="dest" function usage() { echo "$0: creates symlink for divergent config between laptop and desktop (e.g. battery management...) and copy configuration to external locations" echo "usage: $0 [${LAPTOP}|${DESKTOP}]" exit 0 } # Use XDG_CONFIG_HOME if defined, default otherwise CONFIG=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config} # Check that there is one matching argument if [ -z "{$1}" ] || [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then usage fi if [ "${1}" != "${LAPTOP}" ] && [ "${1}" != "${DESKTOP}" ]; then usage fi echo "=== Create symlink to *.${1} regular files ===" # Take all specific files and create a symlink pointing to it without the extension # This file will be used by applications for f in `find ${CONFIG} -type f -name "*.${1}"`; do echo "Create symlink to ${f}..." ln -sf ${f} ${f%.*} done # Take care of config files at home level, outside ${CONFIG} (e.g. Xresources) for f in `find ${HOME} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -name "*.${1}"`; do echo "Create symlink to ${f}..." ln -sf ${f} ${f%.*} done echo -e "\n=== Copy configuration which resides in outer directory ===" # Destination files are regular files for f in `find ${CONFIG} -type f -name ${DEST_FILENAME}`; do DIR=`dirname "${f}"` DEST=`cat ${f}` # Get all files, either regular files or symlinks, which are not the destination file nor specific desktop/laptop files # This is because if desktop/laptop files exist, they already have a symlink pointing to them at this stage for config_file in `find ${DIR} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not \( -name "*.${LAPTOP}" -o -name "*.${DESKTOP}" -o -name "${DEST_FILENAME}" \)`; do # Now copy to destination echo "Copying ${config_file} to ${DEST}..." sudo cp ${config_file} ${DEST} done done