VMS Help DCE_CDS, cdscp, create_link  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 NAME

   create link - Creates a soft link and optionally specifies an
                 expiration time and an extension time

 SYNOPSIS

   cdscp create link link-name CDS_LinkTarget = target-name
                     [CDS_LinkTimeout = (expiration-time extension-time)]

 ARGUMENTS

   link-name The full name of the soft link.

   target-name
             The full name of the entry to which the soft link points.

   expiration-time
             A date and time after which CDS checks for existence of
             the soft link's target and either extends or deletes the
             soft link.  The value is specified as yyyy-mm-dd-hh:mm:ss
             (year-month-day-hour:minute:second).  You can abbreviate
             this value.

   extension-time
             A period of time by which to extend the soft link's
             expiration time (if the server has validated that the
             target still exists).  The value is specified as
             ddd-hh:mm:ss (days-hour:minute:second).  You can
             abbreviate this value.

 DESCRIPTION

   The create link command creates a soft link. If you specify the
   CDS_LinkTimeout attribute, you must specify an expiration time and
   an extension time.  If you omit the CDS_LinkTimeout attribute, the
   soft link is permanent and must be explicitly deleted.

   Privilege Required

   You must have insert permission to the directory in which you intend
   to create the soft link.

 NOTE
   This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and
   may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

 EXAMPLE

   The following command creates a permanent soft link named
   /.:/sales/tokyo/price-server that points to an object entry named
   /.:/sales/east/price-server.  The expiration value indicates that
   CDS will check that the destination name /.:/sales/east/price-server
   still exists on June 25,1995, at 12:00 p.m.  If the destination name
   still exists, the soft link remains in effect another 90 days.
   Thereafter, CDS will check that the destination name exists every 90
   days.

        cdscp> create link /.:/sales/tokyo/price-server CDS_LinkTarget \
        > = /.:/sales/east/price-server CDS_LinkTimeout = \
        >  (1995-06-25-12:00:00 = 90-00:00:00)

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Commands: delete link
             list link
             set link
             show link