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  1. '\" et
  2. .TH LINK "1P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
  3. .\"
  4. .SH PROLOG
  5. This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
  6. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
  7. the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
  8. or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
  9. .\"
  10. .SH NAME
  11. link \(em call
  12. \fIlink\fR()
  13. function
  14. .SH SYNOPSIS
  15. .LP
  16. .nf
  17. link \fIfile1 file2\fR
  18. .fi
  19. .SH DESCRIPTION
  20. The
  21. .IR link
  22. utility shall perform the function call:
  23. .sp
  24. .RS 4
  25. .nf
  27. link(\fIfile1\fR, \fIfile2\fR);
  28. .fi
  29. .P
  30. .RE
  31. .P
  32. A user may need appropriate privileges to invoke the
  33. .IR link
  34. utility.
  35. .SH OPTIONS
  36. None.
  37. .SH OPERANDS
  38. The following operands shall be supported:
  39. .IP "\fIfile1\fP" 10
  40. The pathname of an existing file.
  41. .IP "\fIfile2\fP" 10
  42. The pathname of the new directory entry to be created.
  43. .SH STDIN
  44. Not used.
  45. .SH "INPUT FILES"
  46. Not used.
  47. .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
  48. The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
  49. .IR link :
  50. .IP "\fILANG\fP" 10
  51. Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are
  52. unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
  53. .IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables"
  54. for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine
  55. the values of locale categories.)
  56. .IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10
  57. If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the
  58. other internationalization variables.
  59. .IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10
  60. Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of
  61. text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to
  62. multi-byte characters in arguments).
  63. .IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10
  64. .br
  65. Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and
  66. contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
  67. .IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10
  68. Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of
  69. .IR LC_MESSAGES .
  70. .SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS"
  71. Default.
  72. .SH STDOUT
  73. None.
  74. .SH STDERR
  75. The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
  76. .SH "OUTPUT FILES"
  77. None.
  78. .SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION"
  79. None.
  80. .SH "EXIT STATUS"
  81. The following exit values shall be returned:
  82. .IP "\00" 6
  83. Successful completion.
  84. .IP >0 6
  85. An error occurred.
  86. .SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS"
  87. Default.
  88. .LP
  89. .IR "The following sections are informative."
  90. .SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
  91. None.
  92. .SH EXAMPLES
  93. None.
  94. .SH RATIONALE
  95. None.
  96. .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
  97. None.
  98. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  99. .IR "\fIln\fR\^",
  100. .IR "\fIunlink\fR\^"
  101. .P
  102. The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
  103. .IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables"
  104. .P
  105. The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
  106. .IR "\fIlink\fR\^(\|)"
  107. .\"
  108. .SH COPYRIGHT
  109. Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
  110. from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
  111. -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
  112. Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
  113. Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
  114. Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
  115. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
  116. The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
  117. is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
  118. http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
  119. .PP
  120. Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
  121. in this page are most likely
  122. to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
  123. man page format. To report such errors, see
  124. https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .