A symbolic link is a file

misc-scripts/datafiles/build_datafile_ftp_directory.pl

@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ sub _process_datafile {
     }
     else {
       if(-e $target) {
-        if(-f $target) {
+        if(-h $target) {
+          unlink $target;
+        }
+        elsif(-f $target) {
           my $id = $datafile->dbID();
           die "Cannot unlink $target as it is a file and not a symbolic link. Datafile ID was $id";
         }
-        elsif(-h $target) {
-          unlink $target;
-        }
       }
       $self->v("\tLinking %s -> %s", $filepath, $target);
       symlink($filepath, $target) or die "Cannot symbolically link $filepath to $target: $!";