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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SYMLINK 2 "27 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: symlink \- make symbolic link to a file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: symlink(name1, name2)
        !             9: char *name1, *name2;
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .ft R
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: A symbolic link
        !            14: .I name2
        !            15: is created to
        !            16: .IR name1
        !            17: (\fIname2\fP is the name of the
        !            18: file created, \fIname1\fP is the string
        !            19: used in creating the symbolic link).
        !            20: Either name may be an arbitrary path name; the files need not
        !            21: be on the same file system.
        !            22: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            23: Upon successful completion, a zero value is returned.
        !            24: If an error occurs, the error code is stored in \fIerrno\fP
        !            25: and a \-1 value is returned.
        !            26: .SH "ERRORS
        !            27: The symbolic link is made unless on or more of the
        !            28: following are true:
        !            29: .TP 15
        !            30: [EPERM]
        !            31: Either
        !            32: .I name1
        !            33: or
        !            34: .I name2
        !            35: contains a character with the high-order bit set.
        !            36: .TP 15
        !            37: [ENOENT]
        !            38: One of the pathnames specified was too long.
        !            39: .TP 15
        !            40: [ENOTDIR]
        !            41: A component of the \fIname2\fP prefix is not a directory.
        !            42: .TP 15
        !            43: [EEXIST]
        !            44: \fIName2\fP already exists.
        !            45: .TP 15
        !            46: [EACCES]
        !            47: A component of the \fIname2\fP path prefix denies search permission.
        !            48: .TP 15
        !            49: [EROFS]
        !            50: The file \fIname2\fP would reside on a read-only file system.
        !            51: .TP 15
        !            52: [EFAULT]
        !            53: .I Name1
        !            54: or
        !            55: .I name2
        !            56: points outside the process's allocated address space.
        !            57: .TP 15
        !            58: [ELOOP]
        !            59: Too may symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
        !            60: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            61: link(2), ln(1), unlink(2)

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