Kim van der Riet created RAT-238:
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             Summary: Broken symlinks result in crash
                 Key: RAT-238
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-238
             Project: Apache Rat
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Kim van der Riet


When scanning a project directory containing a broken symlink, rat fails as 
follows:

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$ java -jar apache-rat-0.13-SNAPSHOT.jar test-dir/
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.rat.api.RatException: Cannot read header
        at 
org.apache.rat.report.claim.util.ClaimReporterMultiplexer.report(ClaimReporterMultiplexer.java:44)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.report(DirectoryWalker.java:144)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processNonDirectories(DirectoryWalker.java:128)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.process(DirectoryWalker.java:98)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectory(DirectoryWalker.java:72)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectories(DirectoryWalker.java:113)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.process(DirectoryWalker.java:99)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectory(DirectoryWalker.java:72)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectories(DirectoryWalker.java:113)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.process(DirectoryWalker.java:99)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectory(DirectoryWalker.java:72)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectories(DirectoryWalker.java:113)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.process(DirectoryWalker.java:99)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectory(DirectoryWalker.java:72)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.processDirectories(DirectoryWalker.java:113)
        at 
org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.process(DirectoryWalker.java:99)
        at org.apache.rat.walker.DirectoryWalker.run(DirectoryWalker.java:83)
        at org.apache.rat.Report.report(Report.java:423)
        at org.apache.rat.Report.report(Report.java:402)
        at org.apache.rat.Report.report(Report.java:378)
        at org.apache.rat.Report.styleReport(Report.java:359)
        at org.apache.rat.Report.main(Report.java:119)
Caused by: org.apache.rat.document.RatDocumentAnalysisException: Cannot read 
header
        at 
org.apache.rat.analysis.DocumentHeaderAnalyser.analyse(DocumentHeaderAnalyser.java:46)
        at 
org.apache.rat.analysis.DefaultAnalyserFactory$DefaultAnalyser.analyse(DefaultAnalyserFactory.java:60)
        at 
org.apache.rat.document.impl.util.DocumentAnalyserMultiplexer.analyse(DocumentAnalyserMultiplexer.java:36)
        at 
org.apache.rat.report.claim.util.ClaimReporterMultiplexer.report(ClaimReporterMultiplexer.java:42)
        ... 21 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: test-dir/dirA/dirB/broken-symlink (No 
such file or directory)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
        at java.io.FileReader.<init>(FileReader.java:72)
        at 
org.apache.rat.document.impl.FileDocument.reader(FileDocument.java:52)
        at 
org.apache.rat.analysis.DocumentHeaderAnalyser.analyse(DocumentHeaderAnalyser.java:41)
        ... 24 more
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Perhaps broken symlinks should be reported and/or ignored.



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