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DPNS_SYMLINK(3) DPNS Library Functions DPNS_SYMLINK(3)

NAME

dpns_symlink - make a symbolic link to a file or a directory in the DPNS Name Server

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"

int dpns_symlink (const char *target, const char *linkname)

DESCRIPTION

dpns_symlink makes a symbolic link to a file or a directory in the DPNS Name Server.

specifies the link name relative to the current DPNS directory or the full DPNS pathname.

RETURN VALUE

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

A component of linkname prefix does not exist.
Search permission is denied on a component of linkname prefix or write permission on linkname parent directory is denied.
target or linkname is a NULL pointer.
linkname exists already.
A component of linkname prefix is not a directory.
The name server database is full.
The length of target or linkname exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a linkname component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
Host unknown.
Service unknown.
Communication error.
Too many symbolic links encountered when parsing linkname.
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO

Castor_limits(4), dpns_chdir(3), dpns_chmod(3), dpns_readlink(3), dpns_stat(3), dpns_statg(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR

LCG Grid Deployment Team

$Date: 2004/06/28 09:18:05 $ DPNS