-d="$HOME/.dotfiles"
-for x in .*; do ln -vwis "$d/$x" "$HOME/$x"; done
-ln -vwis "$d/i3-config" "$HOME/.config/i3/config"
-ln -vwis "$d/i3status-config" "$HOME/.config/i3status/config"
+
+if [ 0 -eq 1 ]; then
+ alias mkdir="echo mkdir"
+ alias ln="echo ln"
+ alias rm="echo rm"
+ alias cap_mkdb="echo cap_mkdb"
+ alias unlink="echo unlink"
+fi
+
+#fix permissions from git (TODO: should probably move this to git hook)
+chmod go= base/.zshenv base/.Xresources
+
+#create preferred folder structure
+cd "$HOME"
+mkdir -p bin etc share .urxvt/ext > /dev/null 2>&1
+mkdir -m 700 tmp tmp/vim > /dev/null 2>&1
+cd -
+
+l() {
+ # TODO: use install?
+ [ -L "$1" -o \! -e "$1" ] && ln -sFhvw "${2:-$x}" "$1"
+}
+
+find "$PWD/base" -depth 1 | while read -r x; do
+ l "$HOME/`basename "$x"`"
+done
+find bin share -depth 1 | while read -r x; do
+ l "$HOME/$x" "$PWD/$x"
+done
+find "$PWD/xdg" -depth 1 | while read -r x; do
+ l "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/`basename "$x"`"
+done
+find "$PWD/urxvt-ext" -type f -perm -ugo=x -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 2 | while read -r x; do
+ l "$HOME/.urxvt/ext/`basename $x`"
+done
+touch "$HOME/.hushlogin"
+
+#FreeBSD tries `_secure_path' on `.login_conf' before reaading the database,
+#so it needs to be compiled and unlinked for it to actually take effect.
+cd "$HOME"
+rm .login_conf.db
+cap_mkdb .login_conf
+unlink .login_conf
+cd -