soft_unlink(2) — sys5



SOFT_LINK(2)    DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)    SOFT_LINK(2)



NAME
     soft_link, soft_unlink - create or delete soft links

USAGE
     int soft_link(pathname,linktext)
     char*pathname,*linktext;

     in soft_unlink(pathname)
     char *pathname;

DESCRIPTION
     The DOMAIN/IX system call soft_link creates a ``soft", or
     symbolic, 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.

RELATED INFORMATION
     link(2), unlink(2)























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