@section @code{symlink}
@findex symlink
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/symlink.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/symlink.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: symlink
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+@item
+On some systems, @code{symlink(value,"name/")} mistakenly creates a
+symlink:
+FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9.
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement
+always fails with @code{EPERM}:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
+Some file systems do not support symbolic links.
@end itemize