Hi

I have two approaches to getting a list of invalid symlinks (using File::Find). Both of which appear to give the same results.

Is anyone aware of any gotchas between the two

1. Using dangling_symlinks

    my %findopts=(wanted=>sub{},follow => 1,
    dangling_symlinks => 
    sub  {
            my ($link,$dir)=@_;
            if (-l $link){
            $dangle{$dir.$link}=$dir;#$File::Find::name
            }
        }
    ,follow_skip => 2
     );

find(\%findopts,
            @{$dirs}
    );

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2. using -l && !-e

     find(
    {wanted=>
        sub{if (-l && !-e){
            my $dir=$File::Find::dir;
            $dir=~s/\\/\\\\/gxsm;
            push @dangle,$File::Find::name;
            }
            return 1
            },follow=>0}, 
            @{$dirs}
    );

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thanks

Mike

In reply to File::Find and remove invalid symlinks question by redtux

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