LINK(2)                 COMMAND REFERENCE                 LINK(2)



NAME
     link - make a hard link to a file

SYNOPSIS
     link(path1, path2)
     char *path1, *path2;

DESCRIPTION
     Path1 names an existing file.  Path2 names a new directory
     entry to be created.  Link creates a new link (directory
     entry) for the existing file, named path2.

     With hard links, both path1 and path2 must be in the same
     file system.  Unless the caller is the super-user, path1
     must not be a directory.  Both path1 and path2 share equal
     access and rights to the underlying object.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Link will fail and no link will be created if one or more of
     the following are true:

     [ENOASCII]     Either pathname contains a byte with the
                    high-order bit set.

     [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.

     [ENAMETOOLONG] Either pathname is too long.

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

     [ENOENT]       The file named by path1 does not exist.

     [EEXIST]       The link named by path2 does exist.

     [EPERM]        The file named by path1 is a directory and
                    the effective user ID is not super-user.

     [EXDEV]        The link named by path2 and the file named by
                    path1 are on different file systems.

     [EACCES]       A component of either path prefix denies
                    search permission or the requested link
                    requires writing in a directory with a mode
                    that denies write permission.

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




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LINK(2)                 COMMAND REFERENCE                 LINK(2)



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

     [ELOOP]        Too many symbolic links were encountered in
                    translating a pathname.

     [EIO]          An I/O error occurred while writing to the
                    file system.

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

SEE ALSO
     symlink(2) and unlink(2).







































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