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5045   Broken symbolic link

Cause

This error occurs when the open method of the File class is executed on a broken symbolic link (symlink) file; a broken or orphan symbolic link is one that refers to a file that no longer exists.

Symbolic link files, whether valid or broken, are contained in the array of files returned by the files method of the FileFolder class.

Action

Use exception handling to cater for the possibility that a symbolic link file could be broken.