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>symlink -- Create a symbolic link</DIV
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>int symlink</CODE
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> <B
CLASS="function"
>symlink()</B
> creates a symbolic link
from the existing <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>target</I
></TT
> with
the specified name <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>link</I
></TT
>.
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> See also <A
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><B
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>link()</B
></A
> to create hard links,
and <A
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><B
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>readlink()</B
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> along with
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>linkinfo()</B
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This function does not work on Windows systems
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