link - call link function
[XSI] link file1 file2
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
- The pathname of an existing file.
- file2
- 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 XBD 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.
None.
None.
None.
None.
XSH link
First released in Issue 5.
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