@section @code{readlink}
@findex readlink
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readlink.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readlink.html}
Gnulib module: readlink
@itemize
@item
Some platforms mistakenly succeed on @code{readlink("link/",buf,len)}:
-Solaris 9.
+FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
@item
On some platforms, @code{readlink} returns @code{int} instead of
@code{ssize_t}:
-FreeBSD 6.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Cygwin 1.5.x.
+glibc 2.4, FreeBSD 6.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Cygwin 1.5.x.
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
+mingw, MSVC 9.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
When @code{readlink} is called on a file that is not a symbolic link:
Irix may set @code{errno} to @code{ENXIO} instead of @code{EINVAL}. Cygwin
may set errno to @code{EACCES} instead of @code{EINVAL}.
+@item
+Symlink contents do not always have a trailing null byte, and there is
+no indication if symlink contents were truncated if the return value
+matches the length. Furthermore, AIX 5.1 and HP-UX 11 set
+@code{errno} to @code{ERANGE} rather than returning truncated
+contents, and Linux sets @code{errno} to @code{EINVAL} if the
+requested length is zero. Use the gnulib module areadlink for
+improved ability to read symlink contents.
@end itemize