PR: missing commit

diff --git a/bin/appliskel/getAppliPath.py b/bin/appliskel/getAppliPath.py
new file mode 100755 (executable)
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+++ b/bin/appliskel/getAppliPath.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+def relpath(target, base):
+    """ Find relative path from base to target
+        if target== "/local/chris/appli" and base== "/local/chris" the result is appli
+        if target== /tmp/appli and base /local/chris the result is ../../tmp/appli
+    """
+    target=target.split(os.path.sep)
+    base=base.split(os.path.sep)
+    for i in xrange(len(base)):
+      if base[i] != target[i]:
+        i=i-1
+        #not in base
+        break
+    p=['..']*(len(base)-i-1)+target[i+1:]
+    if p == []:
+      return '.'
+    return os.path.join( *p )
+
+def set_var(VAR, strpath):
+    """Set VAR environment variable """
+    value = "%r" % strpath
+    shell = os.getenv('SHELL')
+    if shell and shell.endswith('csh'):
+        return "setenv %s %s" % (VAR, value)
+    else:
+        return "export %s=%s" % (VAR, value)
+       
+
+applipath=relpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),os.path.abspath(os.getenv('HOME')))
+
+#print set_var('APPLI', applipath)
+print applipath