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"""
Hard links cobbler content together to save space.

Copyright 2009, Red Hat, Inc
Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@redhat.com>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301  USA
"""

import os
import utils
from cexceptions import *

class HardLinker:

    def __init__(self,config):
        """
        Constructor
        """
        #self.config   = config
        #self.api      = config.api
        #self.settings = config.settings()
        pass

    def run(self):
        """
        Simply hardlinks directories that are cobbler managed.
        This is a /very/ simple command but may grow more complex
        and intelligent over time.
        """

        # FIXME: if these directories become configurable some
        # changes will be required here.

        if not os.path.exists("/usr/sbin/hardlink"):
            raise CX("please install 'hardlink' (/usr/sbin/hardlink) to use this feature")

        print "now hardlinking to save space, this may take some time."

        rc = os.system("/usr/sbin/hardlink -c -v /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror")

        return rc