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symlink: new module, for Solaris 9 bug
symlink("a","link/") mistakenly succeeds.
* modules/symlink: New file.
* m4/symlink.m4 (gl_FUNC_SYMLINK): Likewise.
* lib/symlink.c: Likewise.
* m4/unistd_h.m4 (gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS): Add defaults.
* modules/unistd (Makefile.am): Substitute them.
* lib/unistd.in.h (symlink): Declare replacement.
* MODULES.html.sh (File system functions): Mention it.
* doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi (symlink): Likewise.
* modules/symlink-tests: New test.
* tests/test-symlink.c: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> |
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date | Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:20:42 -0600 |
parents | c83dc7e8df57 |
children | 2518d73aaac7 |
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@node symlink @section @code{symlink} @findex symlink POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/symlink.html} Gnulib module: symlink Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item On some systems, @code{symlink(value,"name/")} mistakenly creates a symlink: Solaris 9 @item This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement always fails with @code{EPERM}: mingw. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item Some file systems do not support symbolic links. @end itemize