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)
and
unlink(S)
system calls.
Limitations
These commands can be run only by the super user.
See also
link(S),
rm(C),
unlink(S)
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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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003