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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#  (c)2006, Laurence Withers. Released under the GNU GPL. See file
+#  COPYING for details.
+#
+
+[ -z "${VERBOSE}" ] && VERBOSE="0"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Installs project maintainer symlinks into a checked-out"
+    echo "lw-build-system project."
+    echo "  Usage: $0 [path/to/proj/root]"
+    echo "    uses current directory if none specified."
+}
+
+case "$#" in
+0)
+    if [ ! -e make.sh -o ! -d scripts ]
+    then
+        usage
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    PROJECT_ROOT=$(pwd)
+    cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1
+    SCRIPT_ROOT=$(pwd)
+;;
+
+1)
+    last=$(pwd)
+    cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1
+    SCRIPT_ROOT=$(pwd)
+    cd ${last} || exit 1
+    cd $1 || exit 1
+    if [ ! -e make.sh -o ! -d scripts ]
+    then
+        echo "Can't find $(pwd)/make.sh or $(pwd)/scripts"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    PROJECT_ROOT=$(pwd)
+;;
+
+*)
+    usage
+    exit 1
+;;
+esac
+
+source ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/skel/scripts/functions.sh || exit 1
+
+cd ${PROJECT_ROOT}
+if [ -L scripts/module-create.sh ]
+then
+    print_failure "It looks as though symlinks are already installed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Installing symlinks"
+echo "  ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/scripts/  ->  ${PROJECT_ROOT}/scripts/"
+do_cmd ln -s ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/scripts/* scripts/ || exit 1
+print_success "Done"
+
+# kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
+# vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4