#! /usr/bin/env python
# findlinksto
#
# find symbolic links to a path matching a regular expression
import os
import sys
import re
import getopt
def main():
try:
opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '')
if len(args) < 2:
raise getopt.GetoptError('not enough arguments', None)
except getopt.GetoptError, msg:
sys.stdout = sys.stderr
print msg
print 'usage: findlinksto pattern directory ...'
sys.exit(2)
pat, dirs = args[0], args[1:]
prog = re.compile(pat)
for dirname in dirs:
os.path.walk(dirname, visit, prog)
def visit(prog, dirname, names):
if os.path.islink(dirname):
names[:] = []
return
if os.path.ismount(dirname):
print 'descend into', dirname
for name in names:
name = os.path.join(dirname, name)
try:
linkto = os.readlink(name)
if prog.search(linkto) is not None:
print name, '->', linkto
except os.error:
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()