setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os

def installFile(filename, dest):
  source = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dotfilesdir, filename))
  destination = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dest, '.'+filename[:-8]))
  print 'Installing ' + destination
  if os.path.islink(destination):
    print '  Removing old symlink: ' + destination
    os.remove(destination)
  elif os.path.exists(destination):
    print '  Backing up old file: ' + destination + ' to ' + destination + '.bak'
    os.rename(destination, destination + '.bak')
  os.symlink(source, destination)

dotfilesdir = os.getcwd()

# Install oh-my-zsh if it doesnt already exist
#if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], '.oh-my-zsh')):
#  print 'Installing oh-my-zsh'
#  os.system('curl -L https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh | sh')

# Install every file that ends with '.install' 
for dotfile in os.listdir(dotfilesdir):
  if dotfile[-8:] == ".install":
    installFile(dotfile, os.environ["HOME"])

# vim: set ft=python