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1.1       root        1: .th LINK II 8/5/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: link \*- link to a file
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: (link = 9.)
                      6: .br
                      7: .ft B
                      8: sys link; name1; name2
                      9: .s3
                     10: link(name1, name2)
                     11: .br
                     12: char *name1, *name2;
                     13: .ft R
                     14: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     15: A link
                     16: to
                     17: .it name1
                     18: is created;
                     19: the link has the name
                     20: .it name2.
                     21: Either name may be an arbitrary path name.
                     22: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     23: link(I), unlink(II)
                     24: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     25: The error bit
                     26: (c-bit) is set when
                     27: .it name1
                     28: cannot be found; when
                     29: .it name2
                     30: already exists; when the directory of
                     31: .it name2
                     32: cannot be written; when
                     33: an attempt is made to link to a directory by a user
                     34: other than the super-user;
                     35: when an attempt is made to link
                     36: to a file on another file system.
                     37: From C, a \*-1 return indicates an error,
                     38: a 0 return indicates success.

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