Creates link to DIR on Windows desktop. Only works for certain directories inside my Linux virtual machine.

lnk2desk

#!/bin/bash

# Depends on:
#
#   * Mikaël Le Bohec's [mslink][1], and
#
#   * my [winpath][2].
#
# [1]: http://www.mamachine.org/mslink/index.en.html
# [2]: https://gist.github.com/feklee/678c630aa7f84ceda1c766333b37e7d3

# Felix E. Klee <felix.klee@inka.de>

MSLINK=mslink_v1.3.sh
DESKTOP_DIR="/home/felix/windows/Desktop"

# Usage info
show_help() {
    cat << EOF
Usage: ${0##*/} DIR
Creates link to DIR on Windows desktop. Only works for certain
directories.
EOF
}

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
    show_help >&2
    exit 1
fi

DIR="$1"

if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
    echo "Only links to directories are supported" >&2
    exit 1
fi

WINPATH="$(winpath "$DIR")" || exit 1
FULLPATH="$(realpath "$DIR")"
LINKNAME="$(basename "$FULLPATH").lnk"
LINKPATH="$DESKTOP_DIR/$LINKNAME"

"$MSLINK" -l "$WINPATH\\\\" -o "$LINKPATH"