import os

#idir = ['name/of/input/directory1', 'name of input/directory2'] (places of the original files)
idir = ['/home/jon/i1', '/home/jon/i2'] 
#odir = '/name/of/output/directory' (place where links will be placed)
odir = '/home/jon/out' 	

if not os.access(odir,os.F_OK):
   print 'output directory ' + odir + ' does not seem to exist'
else:
   for folder in idir:
      if not os.access(folder,os.F_OK):
         print 'input directory ' + folder + ' does not seem to exist'
      else:
         for obj in os.listdir(folder):
            lnkobj = odir + '/' + obj
            orgobj = folder + '/' + obj
	    if not os.access(lnkobj,os.F_OK):
               os.symlink(orgobj,lnkobj)
         print 'links from ' + folder + ' succesfully created'