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Creates a new link (directory entry) for an existing file. This
function is supported only on volumes that have hard link counts
enabled.
Format
#include <unistd.h>
link (const char *path1, const char *path2);
path1
Pointer to a pathname naming an existing file.
path2
Pointer to a pathname naming the new directory entry to be
created.
The link function atomically creates a new link for the existing
file, and the link count of the file is incremented by one.
The link function can be used on directory files.
If link fails, no link is created and the link count of the file
remains unchanged.
0 Successful completion.
-1 Indicates an error. The function sets errno to
one of the following values:
o EEXIST - The link named by path2 exists.
o EFTYPE - Wildcards appear in either path1
or path2.
o EINVAL - One or both arguments specify a
syntactically invalid pathname.
o ENAMETOOLONG - The length of path1 or path2
exceeds PATH_MAX, or a pathname component
is longer than NAME_MAX.
o EXDEV - The link named by path2 and
the filenamed by path1 are on different
devices.