Add alias2ln script.

Author: Andrew Ferrier

alias2ln

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Based on: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20021024064107356
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: alias2ln alias1 alias2 alias3..."
+    echo "  where alias1, alias2, etc are alias files."
+    echo "  Each alias file will be converted into a symlink."
+fi
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    if [ -f "$1" -a ! -L "$1" ]; then
+        item_name=`basename "$1"`
+        item_parent=`dirname "$1"`
+        item_parent="`cd \"${item_parent}\" 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo \"${item_parent}\"`"
+        item_path="${item_parent}/${item_name}"
+        line_1='tell application "Finder"'
+        line_2='set theItem to (POSIX file "'${item_path}'") as alias'
+        line_3='if the kind of theItem is "alias" then'
+        line_4='get the posix path of (original item of theItem as text)'
+        line_5='end if'
+        line_6='end tell'
+        linksource=`osascript -e "$line_1" -e "$line_2" -e "$line_3" -e "$line_4" -e "$line_5" -e "$line_6"`
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            if [ ! -z "$linksource" ]; then
+                rm "$item_path"
+                ln -s "${linksource}" "${item_path}"
+                echo "\"${1}\" -> \"${linksource}\""
+            fi
+        fi
+        shift
+    fi
+done