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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson
+.\"
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+.\"
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+.\" $Id$
+.\"
+.Dd July 24, 1996
+.Os
+.Dt VOP_READLINK 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm VOP_READLINK
+.Nd read the target of a symbolic link
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/vnode.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/uio.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn VOP_READLINK "struct vnode *vp" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link
+.Bl -tag -width uio
+.It Ar vp
+the vnode of the symlink
+.It Ar uio
+the location of the data to be read or written
+.It Ar cnp
+the credentials of the caller
+.El
+.Sh LOCKS
+The vnode should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
+.Sh PSEUDOCODE
+.Bd -literal
+int
+vop_readlink(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred)
+{
+    int error = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Read the target of the symlink.
+     */
+    ...;
+
+    return error;
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Bl -tag -width EIO
+.It Bq Er EIO
+a read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vnode 9 ,
+.Xr uiomove 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by Doug Rabson.