Is it possible to check for a symlink without raising an exception, even if the symling is dangling? I think not, because: - file-exists? cannot be used to check, because it evaluates to #f in case of a dangling symlink. - file-info cannot be used to check, because it raises an exception, if there's nothing. Here's an example: (create-symbolic-link "/doesnotexist" "~/dangling") ;; worked, the symlink has been created. (file-exists? "~/dangling") ;; evaluates to #f. (create-symbolic-link "/anotherplace" "~/dangling") ;; ERROR: File exists. (file-info "~/dangling") ;; ERROR: No such file or directory. (file-info "~/dangling" #f) ;; Ok, informs about the symlink. (delete-file "~/dangling") (file-info "~/dangling" #f) ;; ERROR: No such file or directory. I think it would be nice, if file-exists? had also an optional parameter ``CHASE?'' like file-info has. Regards Thomas