"Chas. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 1/10/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm working on a little script that will generate an html page from a
>> directory full of symlinks to target directories. However in some
>> cases there may be symlinks that point to regular files.
>>
>> How can perl tell the difference. Or rather how can I test the
>> symlink to see if it points at a real openable directory.
>>
>> Looking through the `stat' function, I'm not imagining a way to get at the
>> target of the symlink for a test.
> snip
>
> The -X operators follow the symlink.
>
> if (-d $symlink && -r $symlink) {
> print "$symlink points to a readable directory\n";
> print "and you can chdir to it\n" if -x $symlink;
> } else {
> print "$symlink is not a directory or it is not readable\n";
> }
Ok thanks... I'd already posted a followup on my own post before I saw
yours.. you've answered all I needed for now... thanks again.
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