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| [9] | 1 | .TH READLINK 2 "March 17, 2006"
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| 2 | .UC 4
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| 3 | .SH NAME
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| 4 | readlink \- read the contents of a symlink
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| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 6 | .nf
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| 7 | .ft B
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| 8 | #include <unistd.h>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | int readlink(const char *\fIpath\fP, char *\fIbuf\fP, size_t bufsize)
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| 11 | .fi
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| 12 | .ft R
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| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 14 | The
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| 15 | .I readlink
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| 16 | call reads the contents of the symlink
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| 17 | .I name1
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| 18 | and returns it in
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| 19 | .I buf
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| 20 | up to a maximum of
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| 21 | .I bufsize
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| 22 | bytes. A terminating NUL byte is NOT put in the buffer.
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| 23 | .SH "RETURN VALUE
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| 24 | Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise,
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| 25 | a value of \-1 is returned and
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| 26 | .B errno
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| 27 | is set to indicate the error.
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| 28 | .SH "ERRORS
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| 29 | .B Readlink
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| 30 | will fail if one or more of the following are true:
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| 31 | .TP 15
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| 32 | [ENOTDIR]
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| 33 | A component of either path prefix is not a directory.
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| 34 | .TP 15
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| 35 | [ENAMETOOLONG]
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| 36 | A path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters.
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| 37 | .TP 15
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| 38 | [ENOENT]
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| 39 | A component of the path does not exist.
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| 40 | .TP 15
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| 41 | [EACCES]
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| 42 | A component of the path denies search permission.
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| 43 | .TP 15
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| 44 | [ELOOP]
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| 45 | Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating one of the pathnames.
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| 46 | .TP 15
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| 47 | [ENOENT]
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| 48 | The link named by \fIpath\fP does not exist.
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| 49 | .TP 15
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| 50 | [EFAULT]
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| 51 | The buffer specified is outside the process's allocated address space.
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| 52 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 53 | .BR symlink (2),
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| 54 | .BR unlink (2).
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