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.
- linkname
- 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
ENOENT A component of linkname prefix does not exist.
- EACCES Search permission is denied on a component of linkname
- prefix or write permission on linkname parent directory is denied.
- EFAULT target or linkname is a NULL pointer.
- EEXIST linkname exists already.
- ENOTDIR A component of linkname prefix is not a directory.
- ENOSPC The name server database is full.
- ENAMETOOLONG The length of target or linkname exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or
- the length of a linkname component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
- SENOSHOST Host unknown.
- SENOSSERV Service unknown.
- SECOMERR Communication error.
- SELOOP Too many symbolic links encountered when parsing linkname.
- ENSNACT 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