9.252 SYMLNK — Create a symbolic link

Description:

Makes a symbolic link from file PATH1 to PATH2. A null character (CHAR(0)) can be used to mark the end of the names in PATH1 and PATH2; otherwise, trailing blanks in the file names are ignored. If the STATUS argument is supplied, it contains 0 on success or a nonzero error code upon return; see symlink(2). If the system does not supply symlink(2), ENOSYS is returned.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL SYMLNK(PATH1, PATH2 [, STATUS])

STATUS = SYMLNK(PATH1, PATH2)

Arguments:

PATH1	Shall be of default CHARACTER type.
PATH2	Shall be of default CHARACTER type.
STATUS	(Optional) Shall be of default INTEGER type.

See also:

LINK, UNLINK