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refactor: Make folder symlinking safer #15

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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions sl_folder.sh
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Expand Up @@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ sl_folder() {
rm -rf "${1}/${2}"
fi

# always remove previous symlink
# b/c if user changed target locations current symlink will be incorrect
if [ -L "${1}/${2}" ]; then
rm -rf "${1}/${2}"
rm "${1}/${2}"
fi
# create symlink
ln -s "${3}/${4}/" "${1}"
if [ ! -L "${1}/${2}" ]; then
mv "${1}/${4}" "${1}/${2}"
fi

ln -s "${3}/${4}/" "/tmp"
mv "/tmp/${4}" "${1}/${2}"
}