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@@ -12470,6 +12470,42 @@ Example: (mknod "dev/foo" (logior #o700 s-ifchr) (makedev 8 3)) +.SS Functions symlink and link + +.TP +Syntax: + + (symlink <target> <path>) + (link <target> <path>) + +.TP +Description: + +The symlink function creates a symbolic link called <path> whose contents +are the absolute or relative path <target>. <target> does not actually have +to exist. + +The link function creates a hard link. The object at <target> is installed +into the filesystem at <path> also. + +If these functions succeed, they return t. Otherwise they throw an exception +of type file-error. + + +.SS Function readlink + +.TP +Syntax: + + (readlink <path>) + +.TP +Description: + +If <path> names a filesystem object which is a symbolic link, the readlink +function reads the contents of that symbolic link and returns it +as a string. Otherwise, it fails by throwing an exception of type file-error. + .SH UNIX SIGNAL HANDLING On platforms where certain advanced features of POSIX signal handling are |