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- .th LINK II 8/5/73
- .sh NAME
- link \*- link to a file
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- (link = 9.)
- .br
- .ft B
- sys link; name1; name2
- .s3
- link(name1, name2)
- .br
- char *name1, *name2;
- .ft R
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- A link
- to
- .it name1
- is created;
- the link has the name
- .it name2.
- Either name may be an arbitrary path name.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- link (I), unlink (II)
- .sh DIAGNOSTICS
- The error bit
- (c-bit) is set when
- .it name1
- cannot be found; when
- .it name2
- already exists; when the directory of
- .it name2
- cannot be written; when
- an attempt is made to link to a directory by a user
- other than the super-user;
- when an attempt is made to link
- to a file on another file system;
- when more than 127 links are made.
- From C, a \*-1 return indicates an error,
- a 0 return indicates success.
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