rename broken symlinks

renameBrokenSymlinks.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import re

for file in os.listdir("."):
  #
  if os.path.islink(file):

    realFile = os.path.realpath(file)

    if not os.path.exists(os.readlink(file)):
      print 'path %s is a broken symlink' % file
      newFile = re.sub( r'Dropbox/speech', 'Archive', realFile, re.U | re.I )
      os.remove( file )
      #print "os.remove( " + file + " )"
      #print "os.symlink(" + file + ", " + newFile+")"
      os.symlink(newFile, file)
    else:
      continue