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link - call link function
link file1 file2
The
link utility shall perform the function call:
link(file1, file2);
A user may need appropriate privilege to invoke the link utility.
None.
The following operands shall be supported:
- file1
- The pathname of
an existing file.
- file2
- The pathname of the new directory entry to be created.
Not used.
Not used.
The following environment
variables shall affect the execution of link:
- LANG
- Provide a default value
for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the
Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization
Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to
determine the values of locale categories.)
- LC_ALL
- If set to a non-empty
string value, override the values of all the other internationalization
variables.
- LC_CTYPE
- Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences
of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed
to multi-byte characters in arguments).
- LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale
that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages
written to standard error.
- NLSPATH
- Determine the location of message catalogs
for the processing of LC_MESSAGES .
Default.
None.
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
None.
None.
The following exit values
shall be returned:
- 0
- Successful completion.
- >0
- An error occurred.
Default.
The following sections are informative.
None.
None.
None.
None.
ln , unlink()
, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, link()
Portions
of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE
Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable
Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications
Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html
.
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