except NameError:
      answer = input(question)  # pylint: disable=bad-builtin
  except EOFError:
    answer = ''
  return answer


def symlink_force(target, link_name):
  """Force symlink, equivalent of 'ln -sf'.

  Args:
    target: items to link to.
    link_name: name of the link.
  """
  try:
    os.symlink(target, link_name)
  except OSError as e:
    if e.errno == errno.EEXIST: