#!/bin/sh set -e for link; do test -h "$link" || continue dir=$(dirname "$link") reltarget=$(readlink "$link") case $reltarget in /*) abstarget=$reltarget;; *) abstarget=$dir/$reltarget;; esac rm -fv "$link" cp -afv "$abstarget" "$link" || { # on failure, restore the symlink rm -rfv "$link" ln -sfv "$reltarget" "$link" } done