Remote a directory from the python path (site packages directory)

pyulink

#!/bin/bash
# pyunlink.sh - Remove a pylinked module from your site packages directory.
# See http://gist.github.com/21650 for updates.
# You may also want to see pylink at http://gist.github.com/21649.
# Save this gist as pyulink and put it somewhere on your path

# Check that an argument has been given. If not, print usage string.
if [ -z $1 ]
then
   echo "Usage: `basename $0` <link_name>"
   exit
fi

# If there is not already a SITE_PACKAGES environment variable, then get it
# from Python.
if [[ -z $SITE_PACKAGES || ! -d $SITE_PACKAGES ]]
then
   SITE_PACKAGES=`python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"`
fi

# If given name is a symbolic link in $SITE_PACKAGES
if [ -h $SITE_PACKAGES/`basename $1` ]; then
   # Remove it
   rm -Rf $SITE_PACKAGES/`basename $1`
else
   # Signal an error.
   echo "Error: link `basename $1` not found."
   exit 1
fi