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Validating Symlinks

Validating Symlinks

symlinkCheck.rb

Symlinks, or symbolic links, are awesome for a lot of reasons: They simplify obnoxiously long path names; you can put them anywhere you like; you can call them whatever you want; and they are generally transparent to the user. While symlinks can do magical things, they really suck when they become orphans (that is, no longer point to a valid target). So, in an effort to uphold the symlink reputation, I wrote this script to clean up after myself … and others. It's a housekeeping script.

The Code

 #!/usr/bin/ruby

 unless File.directory?(ARGV[0]) puts "Not a valid directory...\nCheck path and try ...