Add warning for broken symlinks

wjandrea · Apr 12, 2023 · 0a8d3cd · 0a8d3cd
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ Options:
 Info provided per symlink:
  - target, recursively
  - (if relative: canonical path)
+ - (if broken: warning)
 
 Exit Status:
  3 - Invalid options

diff --git a/src/symlink-info.sh b/src/symlink-info.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Options:
 Info provided per symlink:
  - target, recursively
  - (if relative: canonical path)
+ - (if broken: warning)
 
 Exit Status:
  3 - Invalid options
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ while getopts :hv OPT; do
  exit 0
  ;;
  v)
- echo "symlink-info 0.2.2"
+ echo "symlink-info 0.3.0"
  exit 0
  ;;
  *)
@@ -111,6 +112,13 @@ for path; do
  _indent 1
  printf 'canonical path: %s\n' "$path_canonical"
  fi
+
+ if [[ ! -e $path_canonical ]]; then
+ printf >&2 "%s: Warning: Broken symlink. Target does not exist: %s\n" \
+ "$basename" \
+ "$path_canonical"
+ exit=1
+ fi
 done
 
 exit $exit