Hardlink all files in an exported unicode iTunes playlist into a subfolder.

link_files_from_itunes_list.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys, os
from Carbon.CoreFoundation import *
from Carbon.CF import *

def to_posix(hfs_path):
	if hfs_path:
		return toCF(hfs_path).CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFURLHFSPathStyle, False).CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle).toPython()

def hardlink(filename, outfolder):
	print >> sys.stderr, "Copy", filename
	folder, fname = os.path.split(filename)
	if folder[0] == '/':
		folder = folder[1:]
	folder = os.path.join(outfolder, folder)
	try:
		os.makedirs(folder)
	except OSError:
		pass
	
	os.link(filename, os.path.join(folder, fname))

def main(outfolder):
	lines = sys.stdin.read().decode('utf16').split('\r')[1:-1]
	hfsfiles = (l.split('\t')[-1] for l in lines)
	posixfiles = map(to_posix, hfsfiles)

	files = [f for f in posixfiles if f is not None and os.path.exists(f)]
	broken = [lines[i] for i in xrange(len(lines)) if posixfiles[i] is None or not os.path.exists(posixfiles[i])]

	for f in files:
		hardlink(f, outfolder)

	if broken:
		print >> sys.stderr, "----------------------------"
		print >> sys.stderr, "        MISSING FILES       "
		print >> sys.stderr, "----------------------------"
		for f in broken:
			print f.partition("\t")[0]
		

if __name__ == "__main__":
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		main(sys.argv[1])
	else:
		print >> sys.stderr, "Usage: %s OUTDIR < inputlist.txt\n" % sys.argv[0]
		sys.exit(1)