FS_Link
Declaration define external function FS_Link
value stream existing
to value stream newone
status modifiable stream statusvalue
Purpose
The omfsys library has been deprecated and will be removed from a future version of the language. Use omvfs instead.
This function will create a symbolic link to an existing file or directory.
Input arguments:
- "existing" is the path name of the existing file or directory to which you want to create the link.
- "newone" is the name of the link you are creating.
Output argument:
- "statusvalue". This will contain either a zero length string if the function is successful, or one of the following error codes in the current item:
- "EACCES" -- no search permission on a component of the path name
- "EEXIST" -- the link specified in "newone" already exists
- "EINTR" -- a signal was caught while the function was executing
- "ELOOP" -- (UNIX only) a link recursion was detected
- "EMLINK" -- the file link maximum would be exceeded by the creation of this link
- "EMULTIHOP" -- (UNIX only) remote machine access is required, but not allowed
- "ENAMETOOLONG" -- the path name exceeds system limits
- "ENOENT" -- the specified path or file does not exist
- "ENOLINK" -- (UNIX only) a required link to a remote machine is inactive
- "ENOSPC" -- the directory could not be extended
- "ENOTDIR" -- the specified path is not a valid directory
- "EPERM" -- the user does not have the required permission
- "EROFS" -- the file resides on a read-only file system
- "EXDEV" -- the two files are on different logical devices
Note that "existing" must be a valid reference to an existing file or directory. Also, only the system super-user can create a link to a directory, and both files must be on the same system.