Tools/scripts/findlinksto.py

#! /usr/local/bin/python

# findlinksto
#
# find symbolic links to a path matching a regular expression

import os
import sys
import regex
import getopt

def main():
	try:
		opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '')
		if len(args) < 2:
			raise getopt.error, 'not enough arguments'
	except getopt.error, msg:
		sys.stdout = sys.stderr
		print msg
		print 'usage: findlinksto pattern directory ...'
		sys.exit(2)
	pat, dirs = args[0], args[1:]
	prog = regex.compile(pat)
	for dirname in dirs:
		os.path.walk(dirname, visit, prog)

def visit(prog, dirname, names):
	if os.path.islink(dirname):
		names[:] = []
		return
	if os.path.ismount(dirname):
		print 'descend into', dirname
	for name in names:
		name = os.path.join(dirname, name)
		try:
			linkto = os.readlink(name)
			if prog.search(linkto) >= 0:
				print name, '->', linkto
		except os.error:
			pass

main()