# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022 Michael Pyne # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Johan Ouwerkerk # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Andrew Shark # # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later package ksb::Util 0.30; # Useful utilities, which are exported into the calling module's namespace by default. use ksb; =head1 DESCRIPTION Various helpful methods. This documentation doesn't cover them all currently, take a peek at the source. =cut use Scalar::Util qw(blessed); use File::Path qw(make_path remove_tree); use File::Find; use Cwd qw(getcwd); use Errno qw(:POSIX); use Digest::MD5; use ksb::Debug; use ksb::Version qw(scriptVersion); use ksb::BuildException; use Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess; use Mojo::File qw(path); use Mojo::Util qw(trim); use Exporter qw(import); # Use Exporter's import method # exported by default if nothing selected or if :DEFAULT given our @EXPORT = qw(assert_isa assert_in list_has any unique_items get_list_digest split_quoted_on_whitespace prettify_seconds log_command filter_program_output disable_locale_message_translation locate_exe file_digest_md5 safe_unlink safe_system p_chdir pretend_open safe_rmtree is_dir_empty super_mkdir remake_symlink ); # may be exported but only by request our @EXPORT_OK = qw(run_logged_p run_logged_command await_promise await_exitcode await_result prune_under_directory_p safe_lndir_p ); our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( await => [qw(await_promise await_exitcode await_result)], ); =head1 FUNCTIONS =cut # Function to work around a Perl language limitation. # First parameter is a reference to the list to search. ALWAYS. # Second parameter is the value to search for. # Returns true if the value is in the list sub list_has { my ($listRef, $value) = @_; my @list = @{$listRef}; return scalar grep { "$_" eq "$value" } (@list); } # Subroutine to return the path to the given executable based on the # either the given paths or the current PATH. # E.g.: # locate_exe('make') -> '/usr/bin/make' # locate_exe('make', 'foo', 'bar') -> /foo/make # If the executable is not found undef is returned. # # This assumes that the module environment has already been updated since # binpath doesn't exactly correspond to $ENV{'PATH'}. sub locate_exe { my ($prog, @preferred) = @_; # If it starts with a / the path is already absolute. return $prog if $prog =~ /^\//; my @paths = @preferred ? @preferred : split(/:/, $ENV{'PATH'}); for my $path (@paths) { return "$path/$prog" if (-x "$path/$prog"); } return undef; } # Throws an exception if the first parameter is not an object at all, or if # it is not an object of the type given by the second parameter (which # should be a string of the class name. There is no return value; sub assert_isa { my ($obj, $class) = @_; if (!blessed($obj) || !$obj->isa($class)) { croak_internal("$obj is not of type $class, but of type " . ref($obj)); } return $obj; } # Throws an exception if the first parameter is not included in the # provided list of possible alternatives. The list of alternatives must # be passed as a reference, as the second parameter. sub assert_in { my ($val, $listRef) = @_; if (!list_has($listRef, $val)) { croak_runtime("$val is not a permissible value for its argument"); } return $val; } # Subroutine to unlink the given symlink if global-pretend isn't set. sub safe_unlink { if (pretending()) { pretend ("\tWould have unlinked ", shift, "."); return 1; # Return true } return unlink (shift); } # Subroutine to execute the system call on the given list if the pretend # global option is not set. # # Returns the shell error code, so 0 means success, non-zero means failure. sub safe_system :prototype(@) { if (!pretending()) { whisper ("\tExecuting g['", join("' '", @_), "'"); return system (@_) >> 8; } pretend ("\tWould have run g['" . join("' '", @_) . "'"); return 0; # Return true } # Is exactly like "chdir", but it will also print out a message saying that # we're switching to the directory when debugging. sub p_chdir :prototype($) { my $dir = shift; debug ("\tcd g[$dir]\n"); chdir ($dir) or do { return 1 if pretending(); croak_runtime("Could not change to directory $dir: $!"); }; } =head2 super_mkdir Creates a directory, including any parent directories that may also need created. Does nothing in pretend mode (but it does remember that it would have created the path to avoid message spam). Throws an exception on failure. See L. =cut sub super_mkdir { my $pathname = shift; state %createdPaths; if (pretending()) { if (!exists $createdPaths{$pathname} && ! -e $pathname) { pretend ("\tWould have created g[$pathname]"); } $createdPaths{$pathname} = 1; return 1; } else { make_path($pathname); return (-e $pathname) ? 1 : 0; } } # Calculates the MD5 digest of a file already on-disk. The digest is # returned as a hex string digest as from Digest::MD5::md5_hex # # First parameter: File name to read # Return value: hex string MD5 digest of file. # An exception is thrown if an error occurs reading the file. sub file_digest_md5 ($fileName) { my $md5 = Digest::MD5->new; open (my $file, '<', $fileName) or croak_runtime("Unable to open $fileName: $!"); binmode($file); $md5->addfile($file); return $md5->hexdigest(); } # This function is intended to disable the message translation catalog # settings in the program environment, so that any child processes executed # will have their output untranslated (and therefore scrapeable). # # As such this should only be called for a forked child about to exec as # there is no easy way to undo this within the process. sub disable_locale_message_translation { # Ensure that program output is untranslated by setting 'C' locale. # We're really trying to affect the LC_MESSAGES locale category, but # LC_ALL is a catch-all for that (so needs to be unset if set). # # Note that the ONLY SUPPORTED way to pass file names, command-line # args, etc. to commands is under the UTF-8 encoding at this point, as # that is the only sane way for this en_US-based developer to handle # the task. Patches (likely using Encode::Locale) are accepted. :P $ENV{'LC_MESSAGES'} = 'C'; if ($ENV{'LC_ALL'}) { $ENV{'LANG'} = $ENV{'LC_ALL'}; # This is lower-priority "catch all" delete $ENV{'LC_ALL'}; } } =head2 filter_program_output Returns an array of lines output from a program. Use this only if you expect that the output after filtering will be short. my $filter = sub { return 1 if /^U/ }; my @output = filter_program_output($filter, 'git', 'describe', 'HEAD'); Since there is no way to disambiguate no output from an error, this function will call C on error, wrap in C if this bugs you. First parameter is subroutine reference to use as a filter (this sub will be passed a line at a time and should return true if the line should be returned). If no filtering is desired pass C. Second parameter is the program to run (either full path or something accessible in $PATH). All remaining arguments are passed to the program. =cut sub filter_program_output ($filterRef, $program, @args) { $filterRef //= sub { return 1 }; # Default to all lines { local $" = "' '"; # temp update inter-item interpolation for strings debug ("Slurping '$program' '@args'"); } # Check early for whether an executable exists since otherwise # it is possible for our fork-open below to "succeed" (i.e. fork() # happens OK) and then fail when it gets to the exec(2) syscall. croak_runtime("Can't find $program in PATH!") unless locate_exe($program); my $execFailedError = "\t - kdesrc-build - exec failed!\n"; my $pid = open(my $childOutput, '-|'); croak_internal("Can't fork: $!") unless defined($pid); if ($pid) { # parent my @lines = grep { $filterRef->($_); } (<$childOutput>); close $childOutput or do { # $! indicates a rather grievous error croak_internal("Unable to open pipe to read $program output: $!") if $!; # we can pass serious errors back to ourselves too. my $exitCode = $? >> 8; if ($exitCode == 99 && @lines >= 1 && $lines[0] eq $execFailedError) { croak_runtime("Failed to exec $program, is it installed?"); } # other errors might still be serious but don't need a backtrace if (pretending()) { whisper ("$program gave error exit code $exitCode"); } else { warning ("$program gave error exit code $exitCode"); } }; return @lines; } else { disable_locale_message_translation(); # We don't want stderr output on tty. open (STDERR, '>', '/dev/null') or close (STDERR); exec { $program } ($program, @args) or do { # Send a message back to parent print $execFailedError; exit 99; # Helper proc, so don't use finish(), just die }; } } # Subroutine to return a string suitable for displaying an elapsed time, # (like a stopwatch) would. The first parameter is the number of seconds # elapsed. sub prettify_seconds { my $elapsed = $_[0]; my $str = ""; my ($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds,$fraction); $fraction = int (100 * ($elapsed - int $elapsed)); $elapsed = int $elapsed; $seconds = $elapsed % 60; $elapsed = int $elapsed / 60; $minutes = $elapsed % 60; $elapsed = int $elapsed / 60; $hours = $elapsed % 24; $elapsed = int $elapsed / 24; $days = $elapsed; $seconds = "$seconds.$fraction" if $fraction; my @str_list; for (qw(days hours minutes seconds)) { # Use a symbolic reference without needing to disable strict refs. # I couldn't disable it even if I wanted to because these variables # aren't global or localized global variables. my $value = eval "return \$$_;"; my $text = $_; $text =~ s/s$// if $value == 1; # Make singular push @str_list, "$value $text" if $value or $_ eq 'seconds'; } # Add 'and ' in front of last element if there was more than one. push @str_list, ("and " . pop @str_list) if (scalar @str_list > 1); $str = join (", ", @str_list); return $str; } # Subroutine to mark a file as being the error log for a module. This also # creates a symlink in the module log directory for easy viewing. # First parameter is the module in question. # Second parameter is the filename in the log directory of the error log. sub _setErrorLogfile ($module, $logfile) { return unless $logfile; my $logdir = $module->getLogDir(); if ($module->hasStickyOption('error-log-file')) { error("$module already has error log set, tried to set to r[b[$logfile]"); return; } $module->setOption('#error-log-file', "$logdir/$logfile"); debug ("Logfile for $module is $logfile"); # Setup symlink in the module log directory pointing to the appropriate # file. Make sure to remove it first if it already exists. unlink ("$logdir/error.log") if -l "$logdir/error.log"; if (-e "$logdir/error.log") { # Maybe it was a regular file? error ("r[b[ * Unable to create symlink to error log file]"); return; } symlink "$logfile", "$logdir/error.log"; } # Common code for log_command and ksb::Util::LoggedSubprocess sub run_logged_command ($module, $filename, $callbackRef, @command) { debug ("run_logged_command(): Module $module, Command: ", join(' ', @command)); croak_internal("Pass only base filename for $module/$filename") if ($filename =~ /\.log$/ || $filename =~ m,/,); my $logpath = $module->getLogPath("$filename.log"); # Fork a child, with its stdout connected to CHILD. my $pid = open(my $child_fd, '-|'); if ($pid) { # Parent if (!$callbackRef && debugging()) { # If no other callback given, pass to debug() if debug-mode is on. while (<$child_fd>) { print ($_) if $_; } } if ($callbackRef) { &{$callbackRef}($_) while (<$child_fd>); } # This implicitly does a waitpid() as well close $child_fd or do { croak_internal("syscall failed waiting on log_command to finish: $!") if $! != 0; # kernel stuff went OK but the child gave a failing exit code debug("$module command logged to $logpath gave non-zero exit: $?"); return $?; }; return 0; } else { # Child. Note here that we need to avoid running our exit cleanup # handlers in here. For that we need POSIX::_exit. # Apply altered environment variables. $module->buildContext()->commitEnvironmentChanges(); $SIG{PIPE} = "IGNORE"; $SIG{INT} = sub { close (STDOUT); # This should be a pipe close (STDERR); POSIX::_exit(EINTR); }; # Redirect STDIN to /dev/null so that the handle is open but fails when # being read from (to avoid waiting forever for e.g. a password prompt # that the user can't see. open (STDIN, '<', "/dev/null") unless exists $ENV{'KDESRC_BUILD_USE_TTY'}; if ($callbackRef || debugging()) { open (STDOUT, "|tee $logpath") or do { error ("Error opening pipe to tee command."); # Don't abort, hopefully STDOUT still works. }; } else { open (STDOUT, '>', $logpath) or do { error ("Error $! opening log to $logpath!"); }; } # Call internal function, name given by $command[1] if ($command[0] eq 'kdesrc-build') { # No colors! ksb::Debug::setColorfulOutput(0); debug ("Calling $command[1]"); my $cmd = $command[1]; splice (@command, 0, 2); # Remove first two elements. no strict 'refs'; # Disable restriction on symbolic subroutines. my $exitcode = ($cmd->()) ? 0 : EINVAL; POSIX::_exit ($exitcode); } # Make sure we log everything. open (STDERR, ">&STDOUT"); # Don't leave empty output files, give an indication of the particular # command run. say "# kdesrc-build running: '", join("' '", @command), "'"; say "# from directory: ", getcwd(); # TODO: Implement this when appropriate, but also keep in mind that # filter_program_output might be a better idea if you're parsing # output, and that function already does this. # disable_locale_message_translation(); # External command. exec (@command) or do { my $cmd_string = join(' ', @command); error (<wait on it, blocking until the promise resolves. Returns the promise passed in. You should not use this function except as a porting aid to convert log_command()-based async code to use promises. Throws an exception if the I/O loop is already in operation, as this indicates serious bugs. =cut sub await_promise ($promise) { croak_internal("Tried to await a promise when I/O loop active!") if $promise->ioloop->is_running; $promise->wait; return $promise; } =head2 await_exitcode Takes a promise on input, adds a handler to extract the final result (treating it as a shell-style exit code), and calls ->wait on it, blocking until the promise resolves or rejects. You should not use this function except as a porting aid to convert log_command()-based async code to use promises. Returns a boolean value (true if the promise exitcode resolved to 0, false otherwise). Throws an exception if the I/O loop is already in operation, as this indicates serious bugs. =cut sub await_exitcode ($promise) { my $result; await_promise($promise->then(sub ($exitcode) { $result = ($exitcode == 0); })); return $result; } =head2 await_result Takes a promise on input, adds a handler to extract the final result (as a scalar), and calls ->wait on it, blocking until the promise resolves or rejects. You should not use this function except as a porting aid to convert log_command()-based async code to use promises. Returns the scalar result. Throws an exception if the I/O loop is already in operation, as this indicates serious bugs. =cut sub await_result ($promise) { my $result; await_promise($promise->then(sub ($result_from_p) { $result = $result_from_p; })); return $result; } =head2 log_command Subroutine to run a command, optionally filtering on the output of the child command. Use like: my $exitcode = log_command($module, 'build-output', [qw(make -j4)]); After the required three parameters (module, base name for log file, and a list with the command and arguments) you can pass a hash reference of optional features: =over =item C sub ($line) { ... }> A reference to a subroutine to have each line of child output passed to. This output is not supposed to be printed to the screen by the subroutine, normally the output is only logged. However this is useful for e.g. munging out the progress of the build. If you wish to run short commands and look through their output, prefer L<"filter_program_output"> instead, as this disables message translation. =for comment # 'no_translate' => any true value will cause a flag to be set to request # the executed child process to not translate (for locale purposes) its # output, so that it can be screen-scraped. =back The return value is the shell return code, so 0 is success, and non-zero is failure. I: This function has a special feature. If the command passed into the argument reference is 'kdesrc-build', then log_command will, when it forks, execute the subroutine named by the second parameter rather than executing a child process. The subroutine should include the full package name as well (otherwise the package containing log_command's implementation is used). The remaining arguments in the list are passed to the subroutine that is called. =head3 Pretend handling The program is not actually executed in pretend mode. If you need the program to always be run, use a Perl IPC mechanism like L or a utility like L<"filter_program_output">. =cut sub log_command ($module, $filename, $argRef, $optionsRef = {}) { my @command = @{$argRef}; my $callbackRef = $optionsRef->{'callback'}; if (pretending()) { pretend ("\tWould have run g['" . join ("' '", @command) . "'"); return 0; } return run_logged_command($module, $filename, $callbackRef, @{$argRef}); } =head2 run_logged_p This is similar to C in that this runs the given command and arguments in a separate process. The difference is that this command I for the process to finish, and instead returns a L that resolves to the exit status of the sub-process. Another important difference is that fewer options are currently supported. In particular there is no built-in way to filter the program output or to force off locale translations. This is useful in permitting concurrent code without needing to resolve significant changes from a separate thread of execution over time. Note that concurrent code should be careful about accessing global state simultaneously. This includes things like the current working directory, which is shared across the entire process. run_logged_p allows you to pass a param to set the working directory to use in the *subprocess* it creates so that there is no contention over the main process's current working directory. If the C<$dir> param is C then the directory is not changed. my $builddir = $module->fullpath('build'); # need to pass dir to use my $promise = run_logged_p($module, 'build', $builddir, [qw(make -j8)]); $promise->then(sub ($result) { say "Process result: $result"; })->wait; =cut # TODO: For really concurrent code we need to have run_logged_p change to a # specific directory in the subprocess, add to this interface. sub run_logged_p ($module, $filename, $dir, $argRef) { { local $" = "', '"; # list separator $dir //= ''; if (pretending()) { pretend ("\tWould have run g{'$argRef->@*'}"); return Mojo::Promise->resolve(0); } } my $subprocess = Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess->new; # Do this before we fork so the path is finalized to prevent auto-detection # in the child my $logpath = $module->getLogPath("$filename.log"); my $promise = $subprocess->run_p(sub { # This happens in a CHILD PROCESS, not in the main process! # This means that changes made by log_command or function calls made # via log_command will not be saved or noted unless they are made part # of the return value, or sent earlier via a 'progress' event. p_chdir($dir) if $dir; return log_command($module, $filename, $argRef); })->then(sub ($exitcode) { # This happens back in the main process, so we can reintegrate the # changes into our data structures if needed. debug ("run_logged_p(): $module $filename complete: $exitcode"); _setErrorLogfile($module, "$filename.log") unless $exitcode == 0; return $exitcode; }); return $promise; } # This subroutine acts like split(' ', $_) except that double-quoted strings # are not split in the process. # # First parameter: String to split on whitespace. # Return value: A list of the individual words and quoted values in the string. # The quotes themselves are not returned. sub split_quoted_on_whitespace ($line) { use Text::ParseWords qw(parse_line); # 0 means not to keep delimiters or quotes return parse_line('\s+', 0, trim($line)); } # Function: pretend_open # # Opens the given file and returns a filehandle to it if the file actually # exists or the script is not in pretend mode. If the script is in pretend mode # and the file is not already present then an open filehandle to an empty # string is returned. # # Parameters: # filename - Path to the file to open. # default - String to use if the file doesn't exist in pretend mode # # Returns: # filehandle on success (supports readline() and eof()), can return boolean # false if there is an error opening an existing file (or if the file doesn't # exist when not in pretend mode) sub pretend_open { my $path = shift; my $defaultText = shift // ''; my $fh; if (pretending() && ! -e $path) { open $fh, '<', \$defaultText or return; } else { open $fh, '<', $path or return; } return $fh; } # Returns true if the given sub returns true for any item in the given listref. sub any :prototype(&@) { my ($subRef, $listRef) = @_; ($subRef->($_) && return 1) foreach @{$listRef}; return 0; } # Returns unique items of the list. Order not guaranteed. sub unique_items { # See perlfaq4 my %seen; my @results = grep { ! $seen{$_}++; } @_; return @results; } # Subroutine to delete a directory and all files and subdirectories within. # Does nothing in pretend mode. An analog to "rm -rf" from Linux. # Requires File::Find module. # # First parameter: Path to delete # Returns boolean true on success, boolean false for failure. sub safe_rmtree { my $path = shift; # Pretty user-visible path my $user_path = $path; $user_path =~ s/^$ENV{HOME}/~/; my $delete_file_or_dir = sub { # $_ is the filename/dirname. return if $_ eq '.' or $_ eq '..'; if (-f $_ || -l $_) { unlink ($_) or croak_runtime("Unable to delete $File::Find::name: $!"); } elsif (-d $_) { rmdir ($File::Find::name) or croak_runtime("Unable to remove directory $File::Find::name: $!"); } }; if (pretending()) { pretend ("Would have removed all files/folders in $user_path"); return 1; } # Error out because we probably have a logic error even though it would # delete just fine. if (not -d $path) { error ("Cannot recursively remove $user_path, as it is not a directory."); return 0; } eval { $@ = ''; finddepth( # finddepth does a postorder traversal. { wanted => $delete_file_or_dir, no_chdir => 1, # We'll end up deleting directories, so prevent this. }, $path); }; if ($@) { error ("Unable to remove directory $user_path: $@"); return 0; } return 1; } # Returns a hash digest of the given options in the list. The return value is # base64-encoded at this time. # # Note: Don't be dumb and pass data that depends on execution state as the # returned hash is almost certainly not useful for whatever you're doing with # it. (i.e. passing a reference to a list is not helpful, pass the list itself) # # Parameters: List of scalar values to hash. # Return value: base64-encoded hash value. sub get_list_digest { use Digest::MD5 "md5_base64"; # Included standard with Perl 5.8 return md5_base64(@_); } # Utility function to see if a directory path is empty or not sub is_dir_empty { my $dir = shift; opendir my $dirh, $dir or return; # while-readdir needs Perl 5.12 while (readdir $dirh) { next if ($_ eq '.' || $_ eq '..'); closedir ($dirh); return; # not empty } closedir ($dirh); return 1; } =head2 safe_lndir_p Subroutine to recursively symlink a directory into another location, in a similar fashion to how the XFree/X.org lndir() program does it. This is reimplemented here since some systems lndir doesn't seem to work right. As a special exception to the GNU GPL, you may use and redistribute this function however you would like (i.e. consider it public domain). Use by passing two I paths, the first being where to symlink files from, and the second being what directory to symlink them into. my $promise = safe_lndir_p('/path/to/symlink', '/where/to/put/symlinks'); $promise->then(sub ($result) { say "success" if $result; }); All intervening directories will be created as needed. In addition, you may safely run this function again if you only want to catch additional files in the source directory. RETURN VALUE: A promise that resolves to a Boolean true (non-zero) if successful, Boolean false if unsuccessful. =cut sub safe_lndir_p ($from, $to) { return Mojo::Promise->resolve(1) if pretending(); croak_internal ("Both paths to safe_lndir_p must be absolute paths!") if (!path($from)->is_abs || !path($to)->is_abs); # Create destination directory. if (!super_mkdir($to)) { error ("Couldn't create directory r[$to]: b[r[$!]"); return 0; } # Create closure callback subroutine. my $wanted = sub { my $dir = $File::Find::dir; my $file = $File::Find::fullname; my $filename = $_; $dir =~ s/$from/$to/; # Ignore version-control metadata return if $dir =~ m,/\.git,; croak_runtime("Couldn't create directory $dir: $!") unless super_mkdir ($dir); # Symlink the file. Check if it's a regular file because File::Find # has no qualms about telling you you have a file called "foo/bar" # before pointing out that it was really a directory. if (-f $file and not -e "$dir/$_") { croak_runtime("Couldn't create file $dir/$_: $!") unless symlink ($file, "$dir/$_"); } }; my $subprocess = Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess->new; my $promise = $subprocess->run_p(sub { # Happens in child process # Recursively descend from source dir using File::Find eval { find ({ 'wanted' => $wanted, 'follow_fast' => 1, 'follow_skip' => 2}, $from); }; if ($@) { error ("Unable to symlink $from to $to: $@"); return 0; } return 1; }); return $promise; } =head2 prune_under_directory_p Subroutine to delete recursively, everything under the given directory, unless we're in pretend mode. Used from L to handle cleaning a build directory. i.e. the effect is similar to C. # promise resolves to a boolean success flag my $promise = prune_under_directory_p($module, '/path/to/clean'); Returns a promise resolving to boolean true on success, boolean false on failure. =cut sub prune_under_directory_p ($module, $dir) { my $logpath = $module->getLogPath("clean-builddir.log"); open (my $log, '>', $logpath) or do { error ("\tError opening logfile $logpath: r[b[$!]"); error ("\tContinuing without logging"); }; say $log "starting delete of $dir"; my $promise = eval { my $subprocess = Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess->new; return $subprocess->run_p(sub { my $errorRef; remove_tree($dir, { keep_root => 1, error => \$errorRef, }); my $retval; if ($errorRef && @{$errorRef}) { foreach my $err (@{$errorRef}) { my ($file, $msg) = %{$err}; $file //= 'general error'; say $log "$file: error: $msg"; } $retval = 0; } else { $retval = 1; } close $log; return $retval; }); }; if ($@) { error ("\tUnable to clean r[$dir]:\n\ty[b[$@]"); return Mojo::Promise->resolve(0); # resolve, but to an error } return $promise; } # Make a symlink from dst to src. If symlink exists, ensures that it points to the requested src. # Parameters: # src - path to point to (symlink target) # dst - path to point from (symlink name) # # Return: 1 on success, 0 on failure. sub remake_symlink ($src, $dst) { if (-f $dst && !-l $dst) # if dst is not a symlink to file, but a regular file { croak_runtime("Could not create '$dst' symlink, because file with this name exists. Please remove it manually.") }; if (-d $dst && !-l $dst) # if dst is not a symlink to directory, but a regular directory { croak_runtime("Could not create '$dst' symlink, because directory with this name exists. Please remove it manually.") }; if (-l $dst and readlink($dst) ne "$src") # if dst points to wrong src { if (!unlink ($dst)) # delete wrong symlink { croak_runtime("Could not delete '$dst' symlink (needed to update target location). Please remove it manually.") } } if (!-e $dst) { return symlink($src, $dst); } return 1; # success (pointed to correct location already) } 1;