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From: Intransition on 9 Mar 2010 13:08
I probably should know the answers to these, but it's never come up
before.

How to check if a symbolic link exists and already points to where you
expect it to point?

And how to check for dead symbolic links?

Thanks.

From: Gary Wright on 9 Mar 2010 13:28

On Mar 9, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Intransition wrote:

> I probably should know the answers to these, but it's never come up
> before.
>
> How to check if a symbolic link exists and already points to where you
> expect it to point?
>
> And how to check for dead symbolic links?

Try playing around with the following:

def info(path)
lstat = File::lstat(path) rescue nil
return "not found" unless lstat
if lstat.symlink?
target = File::readlink(path)
stat = File::stat(path) rescue nil
if stat
"symlink to #{target}"
else
"dead symlink to #{target}"
end
else
"not a symlink"
end
end

ARGV.each { |f|
puts "#{f}: #{info(f)}"
}


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