NAME

link - call the link() function

 SYNOPSIS

link file1 file2

 DESCRIPTION

The link utility performs the function call:

link(file1, file2);

A user may need appropriate privilege to invoke the link utility.

 OPTIONS

None.

 OPERANDS

The following operands are 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 affect the execution of link:

LANG

Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the implementation-dependent default locale will be used. If any of the internationalization variables contain an invalid setting, the utility will behave as if none of the variables had been set.

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- 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 catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES .

 ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

Default.

 STDOUT

None.

 STDERR

Used only for diagnostic messages.

 OUTPUT FILES

None.

 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

None.

 EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

 CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

Default.

 APPLICATION USAGE

None.

 EXAMPLES

None.

 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

 SEE ALSO

ln, unlink, the XSH specification description of link().