#!/bin/bash # Creates symlinks from home to ~/dotfiles #Variables dir=~/dotfiles olddir=~/oldConfig files="$(find . -type f ! -path './.git/*' ! -name 'symlink.sh' -printf '%P\n')" timestamp="$(date +%s)" #Create oldConfig in ~ mkdir -p $olddir/$timestamp echo "Created $olddir/$timestamp to backup existing dotfiles in ~" #Swap dir cd $dir # Move any existing config-files to $olddir and then creating symlinks for file in $files; do echo "Backing up old configuration files" mkdir -p $olddir/$timestamp/$(dirname $file) mv ~/.$file $olddir/$timestamp/$file echo "Creating symlink from homedir to $file." mkdir -p $(dirname ~/.$file) ln -s $dir/$file ~/.$file echo "Done." done