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