Restore dotfiles from Dropbox to Home directory

restore-dotfiles.sh

#!/bin/bash
# author: janlay@gmail.com

# How to use this script:
# 1. To backup your dotfiles, move them to the WORKING_DIR.
# 2. To Restore the dotfiles you previously backed up, run this script.

WORKDING_DIR="$HOME/Dropbox/dotfiles"
echo "Working on $WORKDING_DIR"

for name in $WORKDING_DIR/.*; do
    FILENAME="$(basename $name)"
    if [ "$FILENAME" = "." ] || [ "$FILENAME" = ".." ] || [ "$FILENAME" = ".DS_Store" ]; then
        continue
    fi

    TARGET="$HOME/$FILENAME"
    echo -en "\033[0;34mProcessing $FILENAME\033[0m ... "

    if [ -e "$TARGET" ]; then
        echo "exists, skipped."
        continue
    fi

    if [ -L "$TARGET" ]; then
        echo "already linked, skipped."
        continue
    fi
    
    ln -s "$name" "$TARGET"
    echo "created."
done

echo "All done. Check dotfiles below."
ls -aldG $HOME/.*