MirBSD manpage: link(2)

LINK(2)                    BSD Programmer's Manual                     LINK(2)

NAME

     link - make a hard file link

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     link(const char *name1, const char *name2);

DESCRIPTION

     The link() function atomically creates the specified directory entry
     (hard link) name2 with the attributes of the underlying object pointed at
     by name1. If the link is successful: the link count of the underlying ob-
     ject is incremented; name1 and name2 share equal access and rights to the
     underlying object.

     If name1 is removed, the file name2 is not deleted and the link count of
     the underlying object is decremented.

     name1 must exist for the hard link to succeed and both name1 and name2
     must be in the same filesystem. As mandated by POSIX.1 name1 may not be a
     directory.

RETURN VALUES

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value
     of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     link() will fail and no link will be created if:

     [ENOTDIR]     A component of either path prefix is not a directory.

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

     [ENOENT]      A component of either path prefix does not exist.

     [EOPNOTSUPP]  The filesystem containing the file named by name1 does not
                   support links.

     [EMLINK]      The link count of the file named by name1 would exceed
                   LINK_MAX.

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

     [EACCES]      The requested link requires writing in a directory with a
                   mode that denies write permission.

     [ELOOP]       Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating one
                   of the pathnames.

     [ENOENT]      The file named by name1 does not exist.

     [EEXIST]      The link named by name2 does exist.

     [EPERM]       The file named by name1 is a directory and the effective
                   user ID is not superuser, or the filesystem containing the
                   file does not permit the use of link() on a directory.

     [EPERM]       The file named by name1 is flagged immutable or append-
                   only.

     [EXDEV]       The link named by name2 and the file named by name1 are on
                   different filesystems.

     [ENOSPC]      The directory in which the entry for the new link is being
                   placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on
                   the file system containing the directory.

     [EDQUOT]      The directory in which the entry for the new link is being
                   placed cannot be extended because the user's quota of disk
                   blocks on the filesystem containing the directory has been
                   exhausted.

     [EIO]         An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the
                   filesystem to make the directory entry.

     [EROFS]       The requested link requires writing in a directory on a
                   read-only file system.

     [EFAULT]      One of the pathnames specified is outside the process's al-
                   located address space.

SEE ALSO

     readlink(2), symlink(2), unlink(2)

STANDARDS

     The link() function is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
     ("POSIX.1").

MirBSD #10-current             January 12, 1994                              1

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