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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ln/symlink.7 | 29 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ln/symlink.7 b/bin/ln/symlink.7 index 93bb27b..8c09f28 100644 --- a/bin/ln/symlink.7 +++ b/bin/ln/symlink.7 @@ -103,19 +103,23 @@ the system call would return a file descriptor to the file .Dq afile . .Pp -There are nine system calls that do not follow links, and which operate +There are thirteen system calls that do not follow links, and which operate on the symbolic link itself. They are: .Xr lchflags 2 , .Xr lchmod 2 , .Xr lchown 2 , +.Xr lpathconf 2 , .Xr lstat 2 , .Xr lutimes 2 , .Xr readlink 2 , +.Xr readlinkat 2 , .Xr rename 2 , +.Xr renameat 2 , .Xr rmdir 2 , +.Xr unlink 2 , and -.Xr unlink 2 . +.Xr unlinkat 2 . Because .Xr remove 3 is an alias for @@ -123,9 +127,30 @@ is an alias for it also does not follow symbolic links. When .Xr rmdir 2 +or +.Xr unlinkat 2 +with the +.Dv AT_REMOVEDIR +flag is applied to a symbolic link, it fails with the error .Er ENOTDIR . .Pp +The +.Xr linkat 2 +system call does not follow symbolic links +unless given the +.Dv AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW +flag. +.Pp +The following system calls follow symbolic links +unless given the +.Dv AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW +flag: +.Xr fchmodat 2 , +.Xr fchownat 2 +and +.Xr fstatat 2 . +.Pp The owner and group of an existing symbolic link can be changed by means of the .Xr lchown 2 |
