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link(2)

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LINK(3F)                             BSD                              LINK(3F)



NAME
     link - make a link to an existing file

SYNOPSIS
     function link (name1, name2)
     character*(*) name1, name2

     integer function symlnk (name1, name2)
     character*(*) name1, name2

DESCRIPTION
     name1 must be the pathname of an existing file.  name2 is a pathname to
     be linked to file name1.  name2 must not already exist.  The returned
     value will be 0 if successful; a system error code otherwise.

     symlnk creates a symbolic link to name1.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
     link(2), symlink(2), perror(3F), unlink(3F)

BUGS
     Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.

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