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lets say I make a shortcut to a file that exists
ln -s ex7 ex7_shortcut

now I have a C program that checks and finds that ex7_shortcut is a symbolic link
and changes it be placed at "currFolder/links/" ("currFolder/links/ex7_shortcut")

1) how (if possible) can i fix the symbolic link to point to the same file it used to point to?
edit: i know you can recreate the symbolic link, but is there a way fixing the current link?

2) unrelated to 1 : if i find a symbolic link how can i check that it points to an existing file file?

thank you.

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