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home | helpSYMLINK(2) System Calls Manual SYMLINK(2) NAME symlink - make a symbolic link to a file SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int symlink(const char *name1, const char *name2) DESCRIPTION A symbolic link name2 is created. The link has the name name1. RETURN VALUE Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS Symlink will fail and no link will be created if one or more of the following are true: [ENOTDIR] A component of either path prefix is not a directory. [ENAMETOOLONG] A path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters. [ENOENT] A component of either path prefix does not exist. [EACCES] A component of either path prefix denies search permission. [EACCES] The requested link requires writing in a directory with a mode that denies write permission. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating one of the pathnames. [EEXIST] The link named by name2 exists. [ENOSPC] The directory in which the entry for the new link is being placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file system containing the directory. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system to make the directory entry. [EROFS] The requested link requires writing in a directory on a read-only file system. [EFAULT] One of the pathnames specified is outside the process's allocated address space. SEE ALSO link(2), unlink(2). 4th Berkeley Distribution March 17, 2006 SYMLINK(2)
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