{"id":2037,"date":"2016-10-09T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsolver.com\/StatlerBlog\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2016-10-09T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T18:22:00","slug":"linux-convert-windows-links-to-linux-symbolic-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/2016\/10\/09\/linux-convert-windows-links-to-linux-symbolic-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux convert windows links to linux symbolic links"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.linuxforums.org\/forum\/miscellaneous\/172805-convert-windows-shortcuts-into-linux-links-4.html<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n

######################################################################
\n# #
\n# lnk2symlink by jesus.guerrero.botella at gmail dot com, #
\n# search for windows .lnk files on a given directory, and creates #
\n# symlinks according to the info contained on those files #
\n# #
\n# This script is provided without any kind of implicit or explicit #
\n# guarantee, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 #
\n# or later if available. More about licenses on the following URL: #
\n# #
\n# http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/licenses.html #
\n# #
\n######################################################################<\/p>\n

VERSION=20101220
\nPROGRAM_NAME=$(basename $0)<\/p>\n

die() {
\ncase $1 in
\nnon_linkable_fs)
\necho “The target filesystem doesn’t support symlinks.”
\nexit 11
\n;;
\nln_error)
\necho “Undefined error while symlinking.”
\nexit 10
\n;;
\nnumber_of_args)
\necho
\necho “[E] Incorrect number of arguments.”
\necho “Usage: $0 origin_dir destination_dir dos_drive_basedir”
\necho
\necho ” origin_directory is the directory containing the .lnk”
\necho ” files. It will be recursed.”
\necho
\necho ” destination_directory is the directory where you want”
\necho ” the symlinks to be created.”
\necho
\necho ” dos_drive_basedir is the linux directory that will be”
\necho ” used in place of \\”C:\\\\\\” (or whatever drive) when looking”
\necho ” for the link destination.”
\necho
\necho “Typical usage case:”
\necho ” “$(basename $0)” ~\/Desktop\/ ~\/bin\/ ~\/.wine\/drive_c\/”
\necho
\nexit 12
\n;;
\ncould_not_create_dest)
\necho “Couldn’t create destination directory.”
\nexit 13
\n;;
\norig_not_found)
\necho “Origin directory not found or not readable.”
\nexit 14
\n;;
\ncould_not_create_symlink)
\necho “Couldn’t create symlink.”
\nexit 15
\n;;
\n*)
\necho “Undefined error.”
\nexit 20
\n;;
\nesac
\n}<\/p>\n

case $# in
\n3)
\nORIG=”$1″
\nDEST=”$2″
\nDOS_DRIVE=”$3″
\n;;
\n*)
\ndie number_of_args
\n;;
\nesac<\/p>\n

# Test for the existence of the required directories
\n[ ! -d “$DEST” ] && mkdir “$DEST”
\n[ ! -d “$DEST” ] && die could_not_create_dest
\n[ ! -d “$ORIG” ] && die orig_not_found<\/p>\n

# Test the symlinking tool, if it fails then probably
\n# your FS doesn’t support soft links.
\nTESTLN=”$DEST\/test-$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM”
\nln -s “$HOME” “$TESTLN” > \/dev\/null 2>&1 || die non_linkable_fs
\nrm -f “$TESTLN”<\/p>\n

echo
\necho “Where to look for .lnk files:”
\necho ” \\”$ORIG\\””
\necho “Where to look put symlinks:”
\necho ” \\”$DEST\\””
\necho “The DOS base drive is:”
\necho ” \\”$DOS_DRIVE\\””
\necho
\necho “Finding files, this may take a while…”
\necho<\/p>\n

find “$ORIG” -iname ‘*.lnk’ | while read LNK_FILE
\ndo
\necho
\necho “[*] Found: \\”$LNK_FILE\\””<\/p>\n

CANDIDATE_STRING=$(strings “$LNK_FILE” | grep ‘:\\\\’)
\nLINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE=$(echo “$CANDIDATE_STRING” | \\
\ntail -n1 | \\
\nsed -e ‘s#.*[a-zA-Z]:\\\\#'”$DOS_DRIVE”‘\/#’ | \\
\nsed -e ‘s#\\\\#\/#g’ | \\
\nsed -e ‘s#\/\/#\/#g’ )
\nLINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE=$(realpath “$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE”)
\necho “[i] The candidate file string is:”
\necho “[i] \\”$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE\\””<\/p>\n

SYMLINK_NAME=”$DEST”\/$(basename “$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE”)
\nif [ ! -L “$SYMLINK_NAME” ]; then
\nif [ -r “$SYMLINK_NAME” ]; then
\necho “[i] File with the same name detected, but it’s not a symlink.”
\necho “[i] I will add a RANDOM suffix to the symlink name.”
\nSYMLINK_NAME=”${SYMLINK_NAME}-${RANDOM}”
\nfi
\nfi
\nif [ -r “$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE” ]; then
\necho “[i] Running: ln -nfs \\”$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE\\” \\”$SYMLINK_NAME\\””
\nln -nfs “$LINUX_PATH_TO_EXE_FILE” “$SYMLINK_NAME” || die could_not_symlink
\nelse
\necho “[E] This .lnk file points to a file that doesn’t exist.”
\necho “[E] Couldn’t create this symlink, sorry.”
\nfi
\ndone<\/p>\n

\n

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