h # This script creates symlinks from the home directory to any desired dotfiles in ~/dotfiles ############################ ########## Variables dir=~/dotfiles # dotfiles directory olddir=~/dotfiles_old # old dotfiles backup directory files="bashrc bash_aliases bash_profile bash_prompt bash_functions sqliterc" # list of files/folders to symlink in homedir ########## # create dotfiles_old in homedir echo "Creating $olddir for backup of any existing dotfiles in ~" mkdir -p $olddir echo "...done" # change to the dotfiles directory echo "Changing to the $dir directory" cd $dir echo "...done" # move any existing dotfiles in homedir to dotfiles_old directory, then create symlinks for file in $files; do echo "Moving any existing dotfiles from ~ to $olddir" mv ~/.$file ~/dotfiles_old/ echo "Creating symlink to $file in home directory." ln -s $dir/$file ~/.$file done [ -d ~/bin ] || mkdir ~/bin chmod +x $dir/dropbox.py ln -s $dir/dropbox.py ~/bin/dropbox.py