Module Name: src
Committed By: njoly
Date: Mon Jul 29 11:40:04 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: symlink.2
Log Message:
Add symlinkat(2) specific errors.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.25 -r1.26 src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2:1.25 src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2:1.26
--- src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2:1.25 Sun Jan 13 08:15:02 2013
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2 Mon Jul 29 11:40:04 2013
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: symlink.2,v 1.25 2013/01/13 08:15:02 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: symlink.2,v 1.26 2013/07/29 11:40:04 njoly Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)symlink.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd November 18, 2012
+.Dd July 29, 2013
.Dt SYMLINK 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ can be set to
.Dv AT_FDCWD
in order to specify the current directory.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-Upon successful completion, a zero value is returned.
-If an error occurs, the error code is stored in
-.Va errno
-and a \-1 value is returned.
+.Rv -std symlink symlinkat
.Sh ERRORS
-The symbolic link succeeds unless:
+.Fn symlink
+and
+.Fn symlinkat
+will fail and no link will be created if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EACCES
A component of the
@@ -151,6 +151,24 @@ The file
.Fa name2
would reside on a read-only file system.
.El
+.Pp
+In addition,
+.Fn symlinkat
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EBADF
+.Fa name2
+does not specify an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is neither
+.Dv AT_FDCWD
+nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
+.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
+.Fa name2
+is not an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ln 1 ,
.Xr link 2 ,
