symlink(2)                                             symlink(2)



     NAME
          symlink - make symbolic link to a file

     SYNOPSIS
          int 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:

          [EPERM]       Either name1 or name2 contains a character
                        with the high-order bit set.

          [EPERM]       A pathname contains a character with the
                        high-order bit set.

          [ENAMETOOLONG]
                        A component of a pathname exceeded NAME_MAX
                        characters, or an entire pathname exceeded
                        PATH_MAX.

          [ELOOP]       Too many symbolic links were encountered in
                        translating a pathname.

          [ENOENT]      One of the pathnames specified was too long.

          [ENOTDIR]     A component of the name2 prefix is not a
                        directory.

          [EEXIST]      name2 already exists.

          [EACCES]      A component of the name2 path prefix denies
                        search permission.

          [EROFS]       The file name2 would reside on a read-only
                        file system.

          [EFAULT]      name1 or name2 points outside the process's
                        allocated address space.




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     symlink(2)                                             symlink(2)



     SEE ALSO
          ln(1), link(2), readlink(2), unlink(2).





















































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