<# .SYNOPSIS check-symlinks.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION Checks every symlink in the given directory tree. .EXAMPLE PS> .\check-symlinks.ps1 C:\MyApp .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 #> param([string]$DirTree = "") if ($DirTree -eq "" ) { $DirTree = read-host "Enter the path to the directory tree" } try { write-progress "Checking symlinks in $DirTree..." [int]$SymlinksTotal = [int]$SymlinksBroken = 0 Get-ChildItem $DirTree -recurse | Where { $_.Attributes -match "ReparsePoint" } | ForEach-Object { $Symlink = $_.FullName $Target = ($_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Target -ErrorAction Ignore) if ($Target) { $path = $_.FullName + "\..\" + ($_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Target) $item = Get-Item $path -ErrorAction Ignore if (!$item) { write-warning "Broken symlink: $Symlink -> $Target" $SymlinksBroken++ } } $SymlinksTotal++ } "✔️ found $SymlinksTotal symlinks total, $SymlinksBroken symlinks are broken" exit $SymlinksBroken } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }