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# Symlink SCons builder
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# Version 1.2
# 04-Jun-2020
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def Symlink(target, source, env=None):
   """Create symlink target pointing to source.

   This builder creates symlinks named target pointing to source.
   Target is removed if exists.

   Keyword arguments:
   target -- list of symlink targets
   source -- list of files to be compressed
   env -- SCons environment (not used)
   """
   import os
   if not isinstance(target, list):
       raise TypeError("target must be list")
   elif not isinstance(source, list):
       raise TypeError("source must be list")
   if len(target) != len(source):
       raise ValueError("target and source lists must have same size")
   for i in range(0,len(target)):
       try:
          os.unlink(str(target[i]))
       except OSError:
          pass
       os.symlink(str(source[i]),str(target[i]))
   return None