Re: stat to identify files?


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by tachyon-II (Chaplain)

on Jun 11, 2008 at 13:02 UTC ( [id://691457]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Why not just check if the link exists and create it if it does not?

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Re^2: stat to identify files? by Skeeve (Parson) on Jun 11, 2008 at 17:12 UTC
That's what I'm trying to do, checking whether or not the link exists. Can you please elaborate? I don't understand what you want to say. `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: stat to identify files? by alexm (Chaplain) on Jun 11, 2008 at 18:19 UTC
See `-f` under -X to check whether a filename is a symlink and use readlink to get the symlink value.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: stat to identify files? by Skeeve (Parson) on Jun 11, 2008 at 19:14 UTC
++! The best solution at all! Thanks a lot! `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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