SOFT_LINK(2)
NAME
soft_link, soft_unlink − create or delete soft links
USAGE
int soft_link(linktext, pathname)
char *linktext, *pathname;
in soft_unlink(pathname)
char *pathname;
DESCRIPTION
The DOMAIN/IX system call soft_link creates a “soft" link to a specified file. A soft link points to an object’s pathname, rather than directly to the object, as a “hard" link does. The system call soft_unlink deletes the soft link.
The pathname argument is the pathname of the link to be created or deleted. The linktext argument is the pathname of the file to which the link points. The file named by linktext need not exist.
Soft_unlink deletes only the link; the file to which the link points remains intact. To delete a file, use unlink(2).
DIAGNOSTICS
Both functions return zero upon successful completion, and −1 upon failure. Errno is set.