Check for whether File is Dangling Symlink

cynba has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I would like to know how to check if a symbolic link is dangling given the filename. I have tried -e. That seems to indicate it exists every time. Any ideas?

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Re: Check for whether File is Dangling Symlink by halfcountplus (Hermit) on Oct 05, 2010 at 18:59 UTC
You can use readlink to get the file pointed to and test that. `print "link is good" if (-e readlink($linkname));` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Check for whether File is Dangling Symlink by cynba (Initiate) on Oct 05, 2010 at 20:42 UTC
It works! Thank-you!	[reply]