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@(#)symlink.2 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/85
SYMLINK 2 ""
C 5 NAME
symlink - make symbolic link to a file
SYNOPSIS
symlink(name1, name2) char *name1, *name2;
DESCRIPTION
A symbolic link
name2 is created to
name1 (name2 is the name of the
file created, name1 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.
"RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, a zero value is returned.
If an error occurs, the error code is stored in errno
and a -1 value is returned.
"ERRORS
The symbolic link is made unless on or more of the
following are true:
15 [EPERM] Either name1 or name2 contains a character with the high-order bit set.
15 [ENOENT] One of the pathnames specified was too long.
15 [ENOTDIR] A component of the name2 prefix is not a directory.
15 [EEXIST] Name2 already exists.
15 [EACCES] A component of the name2 path prefix denies search permission.
15 [EROFS] The file name2 would reside on a read-only file system.
15 [EFAULT] Name1 or name2 points outside the process's allocated address space.
15 [ELOOP] Too may symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
"SEE ALSO"
link(2), ln(1), unlink(2)