shell:

if [ -h $f -a ! -f $f ] ; then
    echo dangle
fi

perl: if you can readlink it and not -e the readlink value

		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

>
>
> is there a simple way from with in a shell (sh) script or perl to detect
> if a soft link is broken (ie, points to a file which has been removed)?
>
> Thanks
> -Dan
>
>
>