#!/bin/bash ############################ # .make.sh # This script creates symlinks from the home directory to any desired dotfiles in ~/dotfiles ############################ ########## Variables dir=~/essentials/dotfiles # dotfiles directory olddir=~/dotfiles_old # old dotfiles backup directory files="bashrc compton.conf irssi tmux.conf vimrc xinitrc Xresources zshrc" # list of files/folders to symlink in homedir ########## # create dotfiles_old in homedir echo "Creating $olddir for backup of any existing dotfiles in ~" mkdir -p $olddir echo "...done" # change to the dotfiles directory echo "Changing to the $dir directory" cd $dir echo "...done" # move any existing dotfiles in homedir to dotfiles_old directory, then create symlinks for file in $files; do echo "Moving any existing dotfiles from ~ to $olddir" mv ~/.$file ~/dotfiles_old/ echo "Creating symlink to $file in home directory." ln -s $dir/$file ~/.$file done # awesome theming symlink ln -s $dir/awesome ~/.config/awesome