Fsymlink
Section: Oct. 7, 1991
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Updated: MiNT Programmer's Manual
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NAME
Fsymlink - create a symbolic link to a file
SYNOPSIS
LONG Fsymlink( char *oldname, char *newname );
DESCRIPTION
Fsymlink
creates a new symbolic link (a "soft link") for the file currently named
oldname.
If the
Fsymlink
call is successful, then after the call the file may be referred to by
either name. A call to
Fdelete
on the new name will not affect the existence of the file, just of the
symbolic link.
A a call to
Fdelete
with the name
oldname
will actually delete the file, and future references with
newname
will fail.
Unlike hard links, symbolic links may be made between files on different
devices or even different types of file systems.
RETURNS
0 on success
EINVFN if the file system does not allow symbolic links
An appropriate error code if the new symbolic link cannot be created.
SEE ALSO
Flink(2),
Freadlink(2),
Frename(2)
BUGS
No check is made for the existence of the file named
oldname;
this could be construed as a feature.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURNS
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- SEE ALSO
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- BUGS
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