link

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                     link(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      link, unlink - link and unlink files and directories
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/link  existing-file  new-file
 
      /usr/xpg4/bin/link  existing-file new-file
 
      /usr/sbin/unlink  file
 


DESCRIPTION
      The link and unlink  commands  link  and  unlink  files  and
      directories. Only super-users can use these commands.
 
      Use link to create a new file that  points  to  an  existing
      file. The  existing-file and  new-file operands  specify the
      existing file and newly-created files.   See OPERANDS.
 
      link and  unlink directly invoke the link(2)  and  unlink(2)
      system  calls,  performing  exactly what they are told to do
      and abandoning all error checking.  This  differs  from  the
      ln(1) command. See  ln(1).
 
      While linked files and  directories  can  be  removed  using
      unlink,  it is safer to use rm(1) and rmdir(1) instead.  See
      rm(1) and  rmdir(1).
 
   /usr/xpg4/bin/link
      If the existing file being hard linked is itself a  symbolic
      link,  then the newly created file (new-file) will be a hard
      link to the file referenced by the symbolic link, not to the
      symbolic link object itself (existing-file).
 


OPERANDS
      existing-file
            Specifies the name of the existing file to be linked.
 
      file  Specifies the name of the file to be unlinked.
 
      new-file
            Specifies the name of newly created (linked) file.
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      See  environ(5) for descriptions of the  following  environ-
      ment  variables  that  affect  the execution of  link: LANG,
      LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 20 Oct 1999                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                     link(1M)
 
 
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 
   /usr/xpg4/bin/link
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWxcu4                    |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      ln(1), rm(1), link(2), unlink(2), attributes(5), environ(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 20 Oct 1999                    2
 
 
 

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