#!/bin/bash
# Author: Joshua Bailey
# Script: link2path
# Summary: makes a symbolic link to a specified file in your /usr/bin dir.
# Syntax:  link2path '/pathtofile/filename'

function notAForwardSlash
{
	if [[ $1 != '/' ]]
        then
		return 0
        else
        	return 1
        fi
}

function getFileName 
{
	STRING=$1
        LENGTH=${#STRING}
	n=0
	for ((n=0;n <= $LENGTH; n++))
        do
		CHAR=${STRING:$n:1}
		if notAForwardSlash $CHAR
		then
			FileName=$FileName$CHAR
		else
			FileName=""
		fi
	done
}
FILE=$1
cur_dir=$PWD
getFileName $FILE
if [[ ${FILE:0:1} != '/' ]]
then
	FILE=$cur_dir/$FILE
fi
cd /sbin
ln -s $FILE $FileName
cd $cur_dir