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+#!/bin/sh
+# usage:
+#	mkiconlinks linkdata icondir
+#
+# Linkdata file consists of lines of the form:
+# 	filename1: filename2 filename3 ... filenameN
+#
+# For each line in the data file, the script creates a symbolic link to 
+# $(icondir)/filename1 from each of $(icondir)/filename2, 
+# $(icondir)/filename3 ... $(icondir)/filenameN.
+
+exec < $1
+cd $2
+
+read NEXTLINE 
+while [ ! -z "$NEXTLINE" ] ; do
+
+	# Skip lines beginning with '#'
+	if [ ! "${NEXTLINE:0:1}" == '#' ]; then
+		#Extract first field, minus its trailing colon
+		ORIG_FILE=`echo $NEXTLINE | awk '/:/{print $1}' | sed -e 's/://'`
+
+		#Extract list of following fields
+		LINKTO=`echo $NEXTLINE | awk '/:/{for (i=2; i<=NF; i++) print $i}'`
+
+		if [ ! -z "$LINKTO" ] ; then
+			echo "Creating symlinks to `pwd`/$ORIG_FILE"
+		fi
+
+	fi
+
+	#Link each pair in turn
+	for i in $LINKTO ; do
+		ln -s -f "$ORIG_FILE" "$i"
+	done
+
+	read NEXTLINE 
+done
+exit 0