Name

Library

Synopsis

Return values

Detailed description

If name1 is removed, the file name2 is also deleted as the platform recognizes the underlying object only by name1.

The object pointed at by the name1 argument must exist for the hard link to succeed and both name1 and name2 must be in the same file system. The name1 argument may not be a directory. Creation time stamp of the file is not supported, accesstime stamp is equal to modification time stamp. Newly created file will not alter the time stamp of parent directory.

Examples

/*
* Detailed description  : Example to create link to a file
* Precondition : "Parent.txt" should exist in c: drive
*
*/
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
 {
    if(link("C:\\Parent.txt","C:\\Link") < 0)
    {
         printf("Link creation to parent file failed\n");
         return -1;
    }
    printf("Link to parent file created");
    return 0;
 }

         

Output

Link to parent file created.

         

Errors

See also

Feedback