Python script to convert symbolic links to hard links, if possible.

sym2hard.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import uuid

random_unique_name = str(uuid.uuid4()) + str(uuid.uuid1())


def find_mount_point(path):  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4453602/how-to-find-the-mountpoint-a-file-resides-on
    path = os.path.abspath(path)
    while not os.path.ismount(path):
        path = os.path.dirname(path)
    return path

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
    for name in files:
        fullname = os.path.join(root, name)
        tempname = os.path.join(root, random_unique_name)
        if os.path.islink(fullname):
            linkpath = os.readlink(fullname)
            if (find_mount_point(fullname) == (find_mount_point(os.path.split(linkpath)[0]))):
                print "%s links to %s" % (fullname, linkpath)
                # Rename current link to something temporary
                os.rename(fullname, tempname)
                try:
                    # Try to create hard link for the file
                    os.link(linkpath, fullname)
                    # If we succeeded, remove temporary file
                    os.unlink(tempname)
                    print "Created  hardlink for %s" % fullname
                except:
                    # If we failed, rename the temporary file back, and abort with some meaningful info
                    e = sys.exc_info()[0]
                    sys.stderr.write("Hardlinking failed on %s, aborting !" % fullname)
                    os.rename(tempname, fullname)
                    sys.exit(e)
            else:
                print "%s on other FS!" % name