NAME

link, unlink − link and unlink files and directories

SYNOPSIS

/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(1) and rmdir(1) commands be used instead of the unlink command. 

The only difference between ln(1) 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(2) and unlink(2) system calls.

SEE ALSO

link(2), unlink(2), rm(1). 

WARNINGS

These commands can only be run by the super-user. 

September 02, 1992