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diff --git a/man2/link.2 b/man2/link.2 index 1533409..74437a0 100644 --- a/man2/link.2 +++ b/man2/link.2 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" Modified 2005-04-04, as per suggestion by Michael Hardt for rename.2 .\" -.TH link 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH link 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME link, linkat \- make a new name for a file .SH LIBRARY @@ -18,21 +18,21 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int link(const char *" oldpath ", const char *" newpath ); -.PP +.P .BR "#include <fcntl.h> " "/* Definition of " AT_* " constants */" .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int linkat(int " olddirfd ", const char *" oldpath , .BI " int " newdirfd ", const char *" newpath ", int " flags ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR linkat (): .nf Since glibc 2.10: @@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .SH DESCRIPTION .BR link () creates a new link (also known as a hard link) to an existing file. -.PP +.P If .I newpath exists, it will .I not be overwritten. -.PP +.P This new name may be used exactly as the old one for any operation; both names refer to the same file (and so have the same permissions and ownership) and it is impossible to tell which name was the @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The system call operates in exactly the same way as .BR link (), except for the differences described here. -.PP +.P If the pathname given in .I oldpath is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ referred to by the file descriptor the calling process, as is done by .BR link () for a relative pathname). -.PP +.P If .I oldpath is relative and @@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ then is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling process (like .BR link ()). -.PP +.P If .I oldpath is absolute, then .I olddirfd is ignored. -.PP +.P The interpretation of .I newpath is as for @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ is as for except that a relative pathname is interpreted relative to the directory referred to by the file descriptor .IR newdirfd . -.PP +.P The following values can be bitwise ORed in .IR flags : .TP @@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ linkat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/fd/<fd>", newdirfd, newname, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW); .EE .in -.PP +.P Before Linux 2.6.18, the .I flags argument was unused, and had to be specified as 0. -.PP +.P See .BR openat (2) for an explanation of the need for @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ are not on the same mounted filesystem. .BR link () does not work across different mounts, even if the same filesystem is mounted on both.) -.PP +.P The following additional errors can occur for .BR linkat (): .TP |