makelinks.py

"""
    Script to create symbolic links for vimfiles, allowing user download dotfiles
    to any location.

    $ python ~/Downloads/foo/makelinks.py
    Symlink Created for: '/home/user/GitHub/foo/vim/.vim' -> '/home/user/.vim'
    Symlink Created for: '/home/user/GitHub/foo/vim/.vimrc' -> '/home/user/.vimrc'
    Symlink Created for: '/home/user/GitHub/foo/vim/.gvimrc' -> '/home/user/.gvimrc'
"""

import os
import sys

def get_targets():
    """ Get paths for files in subfolder 'vim'. """

    # The path to current script
    base = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])

    # Join base with subfolder vim
    vim = os.path.join(base, 'vim')

    # Return all absolute filepaths for files inside vim folder
    return [os.path.abspath(os.path.join(vim, f)) for f in os.listdir(vim)]

def symlink(targets):
    """ Create a symlink for each file in vimfolder at user home. """

    user_home = os.path.expanduser('~')
    
    for t in targets:
        # Get filename at path t, and join user home with file.
        dst = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(user_home, os.path.split(t)[1]))
        src = os.path.abspath(t)

        try:
            os.symlink(src, dst)
            print("Symlink Created for: '{}' -> '{}'".format(src, dst))
        except Exception as e:
            print("Failed to create symlink: '{}' -> '{}'".format(src, dst))
            raise

if __name__ == "__main__":
    targets = get_targets()
    symlink(targets)

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