SYMLINK
Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS
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Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME
symlink - make symbolic link to a file
SYNOPSIS
#include <support.h>
int symlink(const char *old, const char *new);
DESCRIPTION
A symbolic link new is created to old (new is the name of the
file created, old is the string used in creating the symbolic
link). Either name may be an arbitrary path name; the files
need not be on the same file system.
The file that the symbolic link points to is used when an
open operation is performed on the link. A stat on a
symbolic link returns the linked-to file, while an lstat
returns information about the link itself. This can lead to
suprising results when a symbolic link is made to a
directory. To avoid confusion in programs, the readlink call
can be used to read the contents of a symbolic link.
RETURN VALUES
symlink returns:
0 on success
-1 on failure; errno is set to indicate the error
SEE ALSO
link(3),
readlink(3),
unlink(3),
Fsymlink(2)
NOTES
MS-DOS (TOS) file-systems do not support symbolic links.
The file or directory linked to (old) need not exist.
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