Script link.py

usage: link.py [-h] [-l] [-p] [-y] [directory]

Creates symbolic links to PFANT data files as an alternative to copying these (sometimes large) files into local directory

A star is specified by three data files whose typical names are:
main.dat, abonds.dat, and dissoc.dat .

The other data files (atomic/molecular lines, partition function, etc.)
are star-independent, and this script is a proposed solution to keep you from
copying these files for every new case.

How it works: link.py will look inside a given directory and create
symbolic links to files *.dat and *.mod.

The following files will be skipped:
  - main files, e.g. "main.dat"
  - dissoc files, e.g., "dissoc.dat"
  - abonds files, e.g., "abonds.dat"
  - .mod files with a single model inside, e.g., "modeles.mod"
  - hydrogen lines files, e.g., "thalpha", "thbeta"

This script works in two different modes:

a) default mode: looks for files in a subdirectory of PFANT/data
   > link.py common
   (will create links to filess inside PFANT/data/common)

b) "-l" option: lists subdirectories of PFANT/data

c) "-p" option: looks for files in a directory specified.
   Examples:
   > link.py -p /home/user/pfant-common-data
   > link.py -p ../../pfant-common-data

Note: in Windows, this script must be run as administrator.

positional arguments:
  directory   name of directory (either a subdirectory of PFANT/data or the
              path to a valid system directory (see modes of operation)
              (default: common)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -l, --list  lists subdirectories of
              /home/j/Documents/projects/astro/github/PFANT/code/data
              (default: False)
  -p, --path  system path mode (default: False)
  -y, --yes   Automatically answers 'yes' to eventual question (default:
              False)

This script belongs to package pyfant