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link(ADM)


link, unlink -- link and unlink files and directories

Syntax

/etc/link file1 file2

/etc/unlink file

Description

The link command is used to create a file name that points to another file. Linked files and directories can be removed by the unlink command; however, it is strongly recommended that the rm(C) and rmdir(C) commands be used instead of the unlink command.

The only difference between ln(C) and link/unlink is that the latter do exactly what they are told to do, abandoning all error checking. This is because they directly invoke the link(S-osr5) and unlink(S-osr5) system calls.

Limitations

These commands can be run only by the super user.

See also

,link(S-osr5) rm(C), unlink(S-osr5)

Standards conformance

link and unlink are conformant with:

AT&T SVID Issue 2;
X/Open CAE Specification, Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, 1992;
NIST FIPS 151-2.


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