From bed7eb8f3fbd667fdfefa523829646d4a39d3696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval <baltakatei@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:52:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] add(unitproc:bkmvln):Import symbolic link move script
https://github.com/tpo/little_shell_scripts
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unitproc/bkmvln | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 unitproc/bkmvln
diff --git a/unitproc/bkmvln b/unitproc/bkmvln
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e1cec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unitproc/bkmvln
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8523159/how-do-i-move-a-relative-symbolic-link#8523293
+# by Christopher Neylan
+
+help() {
+ echo 'usage: mv_ln src_ln dest_dir'
+ echo ' mv_ln --help'
+ echo
+ echo ' Move the symbolic link src_ln into dest_dir while'
+ echo ' keeping it relative'
+ exit 1
+}
+
+[ "$1" == "--help" ] || [ ! -L "$1" ] || [ ! -d "$2" ] && help
+
+set -e # exit on error
+
+orig_link="$1"
+orig_name=$( basename "$orig_link" )
+orig_dest=$( readlink -f "$orig_link" )
+dest_dir="$2"
+
+ln -r -s "$orig_dest" "$dest_dir/$orig_name"
+rm "$orig_link"
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