Python 0.9.1 as posted in alt.sources

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diff --git a/demo/scripts/findlinksto.py b/demo/scripts/findlinksto.py
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+#! /ufs/guido/bin/sgi/python
+
+# findlinksto
+#
+# find symbolic links to a given path
+
+import posix, path, sys
+
+def visit(pattern, dirname, names):
+ if path.islink(dirname):
+ names[:] = []
+ return
+ if path.ismount(dirname):
+ print 'descend into', dirname
+ n = len(pattern)
+ for name in names:
+ name = path.cat(dirname, name)
+ try:
+ linkto = posix.readlink(name)
+ if linkto[:n] = pattern:
+ print name, '->', linkto
+ except posix.error:
+ pass
+
+def main(pattern, args):
+ for dirname in args:
+ path.walk(dirname, visit, pattern)
+
+main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2:])