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diff --git a/man2/symlink.2 b/man2/symlink.2 index dd87f2d..37db3c8 100644 --- a/man2/symlink.2 +++ b/man2/symlink.2 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> .\" Modified 2004-06-23 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> .\" -.TH symlink 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH symlink 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME symlink, symlinkat \- make a new name for a file .SH LIBRARY @@ -19,28 +19,28 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int symlink(const char *" target ", const char *" linkpath ); -.PP +.P .BR "#include <fcntl.h> " "/* Definition of " AT_* " constants */" .B #include <unistd.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int symlinkat(const char *" target ", int " newdirfd \ ", const char *" linkpath ); -.PP +.P .fi .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR symlink (): .nf _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L .\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE .fi -.PP +.P .BR symlinkat (): .nf Since glibc 2.10: @@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ creates a symbolic link named .I linkpath which contains the string .IR target . -.PP +.P Symbolic links are interpreted at run time as if the contents of the link had been substituted into the path being followed to find a file or directory. -.PP +.P Symbolic links may contain .I .. path components, which (if used at the start of the link) refer to the parent directories of that in which the link resides. -.PP +.P A symbolic link (also known as a soft link) may point to an existing file or to a nonexistent one; the latter case is known as a dangling link. -.PP +.P The permissions of a symbolic link are irrelevant; the ownership is ignored when following the link (except when the @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ renaming of the link is requested and the link is in a directory with the sticky bit .RB ( S_ISVTX ) set. -.PP +.P If .I linkpath exists, it will @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ The system call operates in exactly the same way as .BR symlink (), except for the differences described here. -.PP +.P If the pathname given in .I linkpath is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ referred to by the file descriptor the calling process, as is done by .BR symlink () for a relative pathname). -.PP +.P If .I linkpath is relative and @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ then is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling process (like .BR symlink ()). -.PP +.P If .I linkpath is absolute, then .I newdirfd is ignored. -.PP +.P See .BR openat (2) for an explanation of the need for @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ argument. No checking of .I target is done. -.PP +.P Deleting the name referred to by a symbolic link will actually delete the file (unless it also has other hard links). If this behavior is not desired, use |