old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python3
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  # © 2017 qsuscs, TobiX
  
  import os
  import sys
  from glob import glob
  
  os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  exit = 0
  
  for f in glob('dot.*'):
      dst = os.path.expanduser('~/' + f[3:].replace(u'\u2571', '/'))
      src = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f)
      src_rel = os.path.relpath(src, os.path.dirname(dst))
  
      try:
          os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dst))
      except OSError:
          pass
  
      try:
          os.symlink(src_rel, dst)
      except FileExistsError:
          # Broken symbolic links do not "exist"
          if not os.path.exists(dst) or not os.path.samefile(src, dst):
              print(dst + " exists and does not link do " + src)
              exit = 1
  
  sys.exit(exit)
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python3
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  # © 2017 qsuscs, TobiX
  
  from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
  
  import os
  import sys
  from glob import glob
  
  os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  exit = 0
  
  for f in glob('dot.*'):
      dst = os.path.expanduser('~/' + f[3:].replace(u'\u2571', '/'))
      src = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f)
      src_rel = os.path.relpath(src, os.path.dirname(dst))
  
      try:
          os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dst))
      except OSError:
          pass
  
      try:
          os.symlink(src_rel, dst)
      except OSError:
          # Broken symbolic links do not "exist"
          if not os.path.exists(dst) or not os.path.samefile(src, dst):
              print(dst + " exists and does not link do " + src)
              exit = 1
  
  sys.exit(exit)
  
subject: Fix compatibility with Python 2 ;)