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30 .\" @(#)symlink.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd make symbolic link to a file
44 .Fn symlink "const char *name1" "const char *name2"
46 .Fn symlinkat "const char *name1" "int fd" "const char *name2"
57 used in creating the symbolic link).
58 Either name may be an arbitrary path name; the files need neither
59 to be on the same file system nor to exist.
67 In that case, it is looked up from a directory whose file
68 descriptor was passed as
70 Search permission is required on this directory.
71 .\" (These alternatives await a decision about the semantics of O_SEARCH)
72 .\" Search permission is required on this directory
75 .\" was opened with the
79 .\" This file descriptor must have been opened with the
85 in order to specify the current directory.
87 .Rv -std symlink symlinkat
92 will fail and no link will be created if:
97 path prefix denies search permission.
99 The directory in which the entry for the new symbolic link
100 is being placed cannot be extended because the
101 user's quota of disk blocks on the file system
102 containing the directory has been exhausted.
103 Or, the new symbolic link cannot be created because the user's
104 quota of disk blocks on the file system that will
105 contain the symbolic link has been exhausted.
106 Or, the user's quota of inodes on the file system on
107 which the symbolic link is being created has been exhausted.
115 points outside the process's allocated address space.
117 An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry for
119 or allocating the inode for
121 or writing out the link contents of
123 Or, an I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
125 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
126 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
127 A component of a pathname exceeded
129 characters, or an entire path name exceeded
137 The directory in which the entry for the new symbolic link is being placed
138 cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file
139 system containing the directory.
140 Or, the new symbolic link cannot be created because there
141 there is no space left on the file
142 system that will contain the symbolic link.
143 Or, there are no free inodes on the file system on which the
144 symbolic link is being created.
148 prefix is not a directory.
152 would reside on a read-only file system.
161 does not specify an absolute path and
165 nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
168 is not an absolute path and
170 is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
189 function call appeared in