DPNS_SYMLINK
Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2004/06/28 09:18:05 $
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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