A script that, for each argument, creates a shell script that calls `exec ‹argument› "$@"` in the current directory. Useful instead of symlinks for commands that refer to `$0` but that do not resolve symlinks.

mkexec.sh

#!/bin/sh

help() {
  cat <<EOF
$0 /path/to/target/program ...

Creates a simple executable that forwards to the target program in the current
directory.

EOF
  exit 255
}

createSingleForward() {
   target="$1"
   forward=`basename "$1"`
   cat > "$forward" <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec "$target" "\$@"
EOF
   chmod 755 "$forward"
}

if [ "$#" -lt 1 -o "$1" = "--help" -o "$1" = "-h" ] 
then
  help
else
  while [ $# -gt 0 ]
  do
    createSingleForward $1
    shift
  done
fi