NAME

link, unlink − exercise link and unlink system calls

SYNOPSIS

/etc/link file1 file2
/etc/unlink file

DESCRIPTION

link and unlink perform their respective system calls on their arguments, abandoning most error checking.  These commands can be executed only by users who have appropriate privileges. 

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

International Code Set Support

Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported. 

RETURN VALUE

link and unlink return the following values:

0 Operation successful. 

1 Input syntax error. 

2 link or unlink call failed. 

WARNINGS

If a directory that is not empty (contains files other than .  and ..), is unlinked, the files become orphans unless they are linked by some other directory. 

SEE ALSO

rm(1), link(2), unlink(2). 

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

link: SVID2

unlink: SVID2

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992