X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Fsymlink.texi;h=b3d740f76e28fb4d737e1d6d30b3d41fa60fda59;hb=54b5ce0e1a4f6a4af37f970e45e6e173e5b0a1c6;hp=e947d2ff36a98332b0069bc6b42b74a75be4c7c6;hpb=09ef7461110822a3970aa8eebcfaa740996a82f2;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi index e947d2ff3..b3d740f76 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi @@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ 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, Solaris 9 +@item +This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement +always fails with @code{EPERM}: +mingw. @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