Make malloc_free_check installable to ~/.local/bin

Author: Magne Hov

malloc_free_check/install.py

@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 import pathlib
 
 
+def maybe_install_script(script_path: pathlib.Path, script_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Ask for permission and then install a script into ~/.local/bin.
+    """
+    local_bin = pathlib.Path.home() / ".local" / "bin"
+    install_path = local_bin / script_name
+
+    choice = input(f"Do you want to install {script_name} to {local_bin}? [y/N] ")
+    if choice.lower() not in ("y", "yes"):
+        return
+
+    try:
+        install_path.symlink_to(script_path)
+        install_path.chmod(0o755)
+    except OSError as e:
+        print(f"Failed to install the script: {e}")
+
+
 script = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "malloc_free_check.py"
 
 print(
@@ -10,3 +28,5 @@
      $ {script} <recording-file>
 """
 )
+
+maybe_install_script(script, "malloc-free-check")