Original applink (ech0chrome)

#!/usr/bin/python

PATH="/var/mobile/applink"

import sys,os,objc # PyObjC; this is a dependency of the AppBackup package
from objc import YES, NO, NULL
objc.loadBundle("Foundation", globals(), "/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework")

# a class to work with plists using Foundation (so we can read binary plists)
class plist:
 @classmethod
 def read(cls, filename):
  return NSDictionary.alloc().initWithContentsOfFile_(filename)

# Gets the info from the MobileInstallation cache.
def find_apps():
 if not os.path.exists("/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist"):
  sys.stdout.write("MobileInstallation cache not found; reverting to old method of finding apps...\n")
  find_apps_old()
  return
 try:
  mobileInstallationCache = plist.read("/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist")
 except:
  sys.stdout.write("Reading the MobileInstallation cache failed; reverting to old method of finding apps...\n")
  find_apps_old()
  return
 if "User" not in mobileInstallationCache:
  sys.stdout.write("MobileInstallation cache doesn't have a User key; reverting to old method of finding apps...\n")
  find_apps_old()
  return
 appStoreApps = mobileInstallationCache["User"]
 sys.stdout.write("Here are the app bundles I found:\n")
 for key in appStoreApps:
  i = appStoreApps[key]
  path = "/".join(i["Path"].rstrip("/").split("/")[:-1])
  if os.path.exists(path) and "CFBundleDisplayName" in i and i["CFBundleDisplayName"] != "":
   #dotApp = i["Path"].rstrip("/").split("/")[-1]
   #dotAppFull = path + "/" + dotApp
   if path.startswith("/private"):
    path = path.split("/private", 1)[1]
   guid = path.split("/")[-1]
   sys.stdout.write(guid+"\n")
   try:
    os.symlink(path,i["CFBundleDisplayName"])
   except:
    sys.stdout.write("Duplicate name\n")
    os.symlink(path,i["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"_"+guid)

def find_apps_old():
 mobile = u"/var/mobile"
 root = mobile+"/Applications"
 applist = []; applist1 = []; appdict = {}; apps = []
 apps1 = os.listdir(root)
 for i in apps1:
  if os.path.isdir(root+"/"+i) == True:
   apps.append(i)
 sys.stdout.write("Here are the app bundles and Info.plist's I found:\n")
 for k in apps:
  appdir = root+"/"+k
  for j in os.listdir(appdir):
   if j.endswith(u".app"):
    plistfile = u"%s/%s/Info.plist" % (appdir, j)
    if os.path.exists(plistfile) == True:
     pl = plist.read(plistfile)
     if "CFBundleDisplayName" in pl:
      guid = appdir.split("/")[-1]
      sys.stdout.write(guid+"\n")
      try:
       os.symlink(appdir,pl["CFBundleDisplayName"])
      except:
       sys.stdout.write("Duplicate name\n")
       os.symlink(appdir,pl["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"_"+guid)

#main
os.system("rm -rf \""+PATH+"\"")
os.mkdir(PATH)
os.chdir(PATH)
find_apps()