+ New: hardlink-runner.cmd for easy hardlinking multiple runners.

README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ A multicall Windows batch file (the _runner_) to provide a transparent method to
   - An tiny open-source utility to run commands as admin, from [here](http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/).
   - This file is **optional**. You don't need it if you are not planning to use the "Run as admin automatically" feature. (You can always start the _runner_ as admin manually.)
   - It can be in the same directory as the _runner_, or in the `PATH`.
+- `hardlink-runner.cmd`
+  - A utility script to hardlink one _runner_ to multiple _runners_ for a set of sh-scripts, so that you don't have to do it one-by-one.
+  - If running it without parameters, it will create _runners_ for all the sh-script in the same directory, by hard-linking from `sh-runner.cmd`.
+  - Use option `-h` to show help messages for more usage details.
+  - This file is **optional**.
 
 ### Example files
 
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ A multicall Windows batch file (the _runner_) to provide a transparent method to
 
 ## FAQ
 
-### Will this work with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)?
+### Will this work with WSL, Cygwin, MSYS, etc.?
 
 I don't know. Maybe you can try it and let me know?
 

hardlink-runner.cmd

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+:::: Hardlink runner for multiple sh-scripts
+::
+:: See `:showHelp` section at the bottom for details.
+
+@echo off
+
+setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
+
+set "_SCRIPT_NAME=%~n0"
+set "_SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0"
+
+:parseArg
+if "%1"=="" goto :parseArgEnd
+
+if "%1"=="-o" (
+    set "optOverwrite=yes"
+    shift
+) else if "%1"=="-r" (
+    set "RUNNER_TARGET=%2"
+    shift & shift
+) else if "%1"=="-s" (
+    set "SH_PATTERN=%2"
+    shift & shift
+) else if "%1"=="-h" (
+    goto :showHelp
+) else (
+    echo "Unknow argument: %1"
+    exit /b
+)
+goto :parseArg
+:parseArgEnd
+
+:: Default values
+if "%RUNNER_TARGET%"=="" set "RUNNER_TARGET=%_SCRIPT_DIR%sh-runner.cmd"
+if "%SH_PATTERN%"=="" set "SH_PATTERN=%_SCRIPT_DIR%*.sh"
+if "%optOverwrite%"=="" set "optOverwrite=no"
+
+echo Hardlink runner
+echo ===============
+echo.
+echo runner target : %RUNNER_TARGET%
+echo sh pattern    : %SH_PATTERN%
+echo overwriting   : %optOverwrite%
+echo.
+
+if not exist "%RUNNER_TARGET%" (
+    echo "%RUNNER_TARGET%" does not exist. Abort.
+    exit /b
+)
+
+pause
+echo.
+
+for %%I in (%SH_PATTERN%) do (
+    set "skipThisItem=no"
+    if not exist "%%I" (
+        echo No sh-script matching "%SH_PATTERN%" is found.
+        exit /b
+    )
+    set "RUNNER_LINK=%%~dpnI.cmd"
+
+    if "!RUNNER_LINK!"=="%RUNNER_TARGET%" (
+        echo Will not link "%RUNNER_TARGET%" to itself.
+        set "skipThisItem=yes"
+    )
+
+    if exist "!RUNNER_LINK!" (
+        if "%optOverwrite%"=="yes" (
+            echo File exist, overwriting: "!RUNNER_LINK!"
+            del "!RUNNER_LINK!"
+        ) else (
+            echo File exist, skipping: "!RUNNER_LINK!"
+            set "skipThisItem=yes"
+        )
+    )
+
+    if "!skipThisItem!"=="no" (
+        mklink /h "!RUNNER_LINK!" "%RUNNER_TARGET%"
+    )
+)
+exit /b
+
+:showHelp
+echo Usage:
+echo   %_SCRIPT_NAME% -h
+echo   %_SCRIPT_NAME% ^[-o^] ^[-r RUNNER_TARGET^] ^[-s SH_PATTERN^]
+echo.
+echo Create runners for multiple sh-scripts matching SH_PATTERN, by hardlinking from RUNNER_TARGET.
+echo.
+echo     RUNNER_TARGET  The runner script to link from. Default is "./sh-runner.cmd"
+echo     SH_PATTERN     The pattern to match for sh-script. Default is "./*.sh"
+echo.
+echo OPTIONS:
+echo.
+echo     -o     Overwrite if the linking runner file exists.
+echo     -h     Show this help.
+echo.
+echo Example:
+echo.
+echo     %_SCRIPT_NAME% -o -r x:/dir1/sh-runner.cmd -s y:/dir2/*.sh
+
+endlocal