if (!boost::filesystem::exists (_opt->frame_out_path (i, false))) {
string const link = _opt->frame_out_path (i, false);
#ifdef DVDOMATIC_POSIX
- symlink (real.c_str(), link.c_str());
+ int const r = symlink (real.c_str(), link.c_str());
+ if (r) {
+ throw EncodeError ("could not create symlink");
+ }
#endif
#ifdef DVDOMATIC_WINDOWS
filesystem::copy_file (real, link);