LINK(1) General Commands Manual LINK(1)
NAME
link — call link
function
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The link utility shall perform the
function call:
link(file1, file2);
A user may need appropriate privilege to invoke the
link utility.
OPTIONS
None.
OPERANDS
The following operands shall be supported:
- file1
- The pathname of an existing file.
- file2
- The pathname of the new directory entry to be created.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
Not used.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), 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 .
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
Default.
STDOUT
None.
STDERR
The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values shall be returned:
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
EXAMPLES
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
ln(1), unlink(1), the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), link(3)
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 5.
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December 6, 2001 posix.fail