symlinkat — create a symbolic link relative to a directory file descriptor
#define _ATFILE_SOURCE #include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */ #include <stdio.h>
int
symlinkat( |
const char * | oldpath, |
| int | newdirfd, | |
| const char * | newpath); |
The symlinkat() system call
operates in exactly the same way as symlink(2), except for the
differences described in this manual page.
If the pathname given in newpath is relative, then it is
interpreted relative to the directory referred to by the file
descriptor newdirfd
(rather than relative to the current working directory of the
calling process, as is done by symlink(2) for a relative
pathname).
If newpath is
relative and newdirfd
is the special value AT_FDCWD,
then newpath is
interpreted relative to the current working directory of the
calling process (like symlink(2)).
If newpath is
absolute, then newdirfd is ignored.
On success, symlinkat()
returns 0. On error, −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
The same errors that occur for symlink(2) can also occur
for symlinkat(). The following
additional errors can occur for symlinkat():
newdirfd is
not a valid file descriptor.
newpath is
relative and newdirfd is a file
descriptor referring to a file other than a
directory.
This system call is non-standard but is proposed for inclusion in a future revision of POSIX.1.
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
|
This manpage is Copyright (C) 2006, Michael Kerrisk Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working professionally. Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. |