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 */
25 #include <sys/types.h>
30 #include "long-options.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")
41 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
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"),
51 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
52 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
53 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME
);
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
);
67 atexit (close_stdout
);
69 parse_gnu_standard_options_only (argc
, argv
, PROGRAM_NAME
, PACKAGE_NAME
,
70 Version
, true, usage
, AUTHORS
,
73 if (argc
< optind
+ 2)
75 if (argc
< optind
+ 1)
76 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
78 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv
[optind
]));
82 if (optind
+ 2 < argc
)
84 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv
[optind
+ 2]));
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
]));