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sym-copy.sh
#!/bin/bash
find $1 -type f | sed -e "s#$1\(.*\)#rm -f \\1#g" | bash
find $1 -type f | sed -e "s#$1\(.*\)\/\(.*\)#mkdir -p \\1#g" | bash
find $1 -type f | sed -e "s#$1\(.*\)#ln -s $PWD\/fs\1 \1#g" | bash
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Summary

Rapidly configure a system by crafting a shadow root directory of all the configuration files, then automatically crawl through it and replace the original configuration files with symbolic links.

Usage

The argument is the path of the shadow root. In this case, it's fs/.

sudo ./sym-copy.sh fs

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