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1 /* link utility for GNU.
2 Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Michael Stone */
19 /* Implementation overview:
21 Simply call the system 'link' function */
23 #include <config.h>
24 #include <stdio.h>
25 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "system.h"
28 #include "die.h"
29 #include "error.h"
30 #include "long-options.h"
31 #include "quote.h"
33 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
34 #define PROGRAM_NAME "link"
36 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("Michael Stone")
38 void
39 usage (int status)
41 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
42 emit_try_help ();
43 else
45 printf (_("\
46 Usage: %s FILE1 FILE2\n\
47 or: %s OPTION\n"), program_name, program_name);
48 fputs (_("Call the link function to create a link named FILE2\
49 to an existing FILE1.\n\n"),
50 stdout);
51 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
52 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
53 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
55 exit (status);
58 int
59 main (int argc, char **argv)
61 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
62 set_program_name (argv[0]);
63 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
64 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
65 textdomain (PACKAGE);
67 atexit (close_stdout);
69 parse_gnu_standard_options_only (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME,
70 Version, true, usage, AUTHORS,
71 (char const *) NULL);
73 if (argc < optind + 2)
75 if (argc < optind + 1)
76 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
77 else
78 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[optind]));
79 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
82 if (optind + 2 < argc)
84 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 2]));
85 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
88 if (link (argv[optind], argv[optind + 1]) != 0)
89 die (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot create link %s to %s"),
90 quoteaf_n (0, argv[optind + 1]), quoteaf_n (1, argv[optind]));
92 return EXIT_SUCCESS;