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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Try to hardlink a file into a directory, fallback to copy on failure.
#
# Hardlink-or-copy the source file in the first argument into the
# destination directory in the second argument, using the basename in
# the third argument as basename for the destination file. If the third
# argument is missing, use the basename of the source file as basename
# for the destination file.
#
# In either case, remove the destination prior to doing the
# hardlink-or-copy.
#
# Note that this is NOT an atomic operation.
set -e
main() {
local src_file="${1}"
local dst_dir="${2}"
local dst_file="${3}"
if [ -n "${dst_file}" ]; then
dst_file="${dst_dir}/${dst_file}"
else
dst_file="${dst_dir}/${src_file##*/}"
fi
mkdir -p "${dst_dir}"
rm -f "${dst_file}"
ln -f "${src_file}" "${dst_file}" 2>/dev/null \
|| cp -f "${src_file}" "${dst_file}"
}
main "${@}"