Added dotfiles management script

createlinks.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+	echo "wrong argument count"
+fi
+
+# Set variables
+homedir="$1"
+dotfilesdir="$2"
+
+# Change directory to home dir
+cd "$homedir"
+
+# Define a function that create a link unless it already exists
+makelink() {
+	test $# -eq 2 || { echo "makelink: invalid function call"; exit 1; }
+
+	if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
+		echo "can't create link '$2': target '$1' does not exist"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -e "$2" ]; then
+		# Create link
+		ln -sr "$1" "$2"
+	elif [ ! -L "$2" ]; then
+		# A file with the same name exists and it's not a link
+		# -> warn user!
+		echo "can't create link '$2': file already exists"
+	fi
+}
+
+makelink_simple() {
+	test $# -eq 1 || { echo "makelink_simple: invalid function call"; exit 1; }
+
+	makelink "$dotfilesdir/$1" "$1"
+}
+
+# -- CREATE THE LINKS HERE --
+
+# ~/bin
+makelink "$dotfiles/bin/" bin
+
+# dotfiles
+makelink_simple .bashrc
+