linkat: new module

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / link.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/link.texi b/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
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--- a/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/link.texi
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ Solaris, Cygwin 1.5.x.
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+When the first argument is a symlink, some platforms create a
+hard-link to what the symlink referenced, rather than to the symlink
+itself.  Use @samp{linkat} to force a particular behavior.
 @end itemize