Linkmaker

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys

chain_len = 10
prefix = "link_"

if ( len( sys.argv ) > 1 ):
    if( len( sys.argv ) > 2 ):
        chain_len = int( sys.argv[2] )
        if( len( sys.argv ) > 3 ):
            prefix = sys.argv[3]
    os.system( "ln -s " + sys.argv[1] + " " + prefix + "0" )
    for i in range ( 1, chain_len ):
        os.system( "ln -s " + prefix + str(i-1) + " " + prefix + str(i) )

else:
    print "ERROR: No filename given!\n"
    print "USAGE:"
    print "\t" + sys.argv[0] + " [TARGET FILE] [LENGHT] [PREFIX]\n"
    print "\tParamethers [LENGHT] and [PREFIX] are optional."