Call link() function
link file1
file2
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The link utility shall perform the function call:
link(file1, file2);
A user may need appropriate privileges to invoke the link utility.
None.
The following operands shall be supported:
file1
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The pathname of an existing file. |
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file2
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The pathname of the new directory entry to be created. |
Not used.
Not used.
The following environment variables shall affect the execution of link:
LANG
Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.)
LC_ALL
If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables.
LC_CTYPE
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
NLSPATH
Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
Default.
None.
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
None.
None.
The following exit values shall be returned:
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.
Default.
The following sections are informative.
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