How synchronize two disks (or folders) using symbolic (or hard) links (like rsync)?

Question

I'm searching a tool or a shell script or another program to synchronize two or more folders or disks.

But it differs of rsync tool, because, I don't want to duplicate the missing file, but do a symbolic link of it in the other folder, for example:

If in folder A we have the files a and b and other folder c with a file d:

A

a

b

c

d

And in folder B we have the file 1 and a folder 2 with a file 3:

B

1

2

3

I would like program, for example, ssync (symbolic synchronize, just a invention name), called by a command, for example, ssync /A /B to change these folders like showed below:

A

a

b

c

d

1 (ln -s)

2 (ln -s)

3 (ln -s)

and

B

1

2

3

a (ln -s)

b (ln -s)

c (ln -s)

d (ln -s)

where ln -s indicates that in this folder was created a symbolic link to this corresponding file, for example, a (ln -s) indicates the command ln -s /A/a /B/a was used.

Another thing can happen, if the file and the link have the same name, the link should have a different name automatically too...

I will appreciate so much if someone help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

As Arcege answer to me in Unix&Linux the answer is below.

Thx very much Arcege!

If someone improve a bit more this script, please post an answer too =).

Try this:

#!/bin/sh
srcdir="$1"
dstdir="$2"
if [ -h "$srcdir" ]; then
    val=`readlink "$srcdir"`
    if [ ! -h "$dstdir" ]; then
        rm -rf "$dstdir"
    fi
    ln -s "$val" "$dstdir"
elif [ -d "$srcdir" ]; then
    if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
        rm -rf "$dstdir"
    fi
    mkdir "$dstdir"
    for i in `ls -1A "$srcdir"`; do
        $0 "$srcdir/$i" "$dstdir/$i"
    done
    touch -a -r "$srcdir" "$dstdir"
    touch -m -r "$srcdir" "$dstdir"
else
    if [ ! -f "$dstdir" ]; then
        rm -rf "$dstdir"
    fi
    ln "$srcdir" "$dstdir"
fi

This doesn't handle "special" files like block devices, named pipes, sockets, etc..