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LINK(2)								       LINK(2)

NAME
       link - make a hard link to a file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int link(const char *name1, const char *name2)

DESCRIPTION
       A  hard	link  to name1 is created; the link has the name name2.	 Name1
       must exist.

       With hard links, both name1 and name2 must be in the same file  system.
       Name1  must  not	 be  a directory.  Both the old and the new link share
       equal access and rights to the underlying object.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, a value of 0	 is  returned.	 Otherwise,  a
       value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       Link  will  fail and no link will be created if one or more of the fol‐
       lowing are true:

       [ENOTDIR]      A component of either path prefix is not a directory.

       [ENAMETOOLONG] A path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters.

       [ENOENT]	      A component of either path prefix does not exist.

       [EACCES]	      A component of either path prefix denies search  permis‐
		      sion.

       [EACCES]	      The  requested link requires writing in a directory with
		      a mode that denies write permission.

       [ELOOP]	      Too many symbolic links were encountered in  translating
		      one of the pathnames.  (Minix-vmd)

       [ENOENT]	      The file named by name1 does not exist.

       [EEXIST]	      The link named by name2 does exist.

       [EPERM]	      The file named by name1 is a directory and the effective
		      user ID is not super-user.

       [EXDEV]	      The link named by name2 and the file named by name1  are
		      on different file systems.

       [ENOSPC]	      The  directory  in  which	 the entry for the new link is
		      being placed cannot be  extended	because	 there	is  no
		      space left on the file system containing the directory.

       [EIO]	      An  I/O  error occurred while reading from or writing to
		      the file system to make the directory entry.

       [EROFS]	      The requested link requires writing in a directory on  a
		      read-only file system.

       [EFAULT]	      One  of the pathnames specified is outside the process's
		      allocated address space.

SEE ALSO
       symlink(2), unlink(2).

4th Berkeley Distribution	August 26, 1985			       LINK(2)
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