link(ADM)                       19 June 1992                       link(ADM)


 Name

    link, unlink - link and unlink files and directories

 Syntax

    /etc/link file1 file2

    /etc/unlink file

 Description

    The link command is used to create a file name that points to another
    file.  Linked files and directories can be removed by the unlink command;
    however, it is strongly recommended that the rm(C) and rmdir(C) commands
    be used instead of the unlink command.

    The only difference between ln(C) and link/unlink is that the latter do
    exactly what they are told to do, abandoning all error checking.  This is
    because they directly invoke the link(S) and unlink(S) system calls.

 See also

    link(S), rm(C), unlink(S)

 Note

    These commands can be run only by the super user.

 Standards conformance

    link and unlink are conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989;
    IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1990 System Application Program Interface (API) [C
    Language] (ISO/IEC 9945-1);
    and NIST FIPS 151-1.