X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Fsymlink.texi;h=bc119c0520bc0b8e332afec887b3dd4066329357;hb=176cd193605775b290fee26568eec5d1ebd47f58;hp=64db9c8bbe2412f728c0ce8ee3fc30429d9cdcf9;hpb=2b6c08c775ae4e80b52aa41058ea5939f778b44b;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi index 64db9c8bb..bc119c052 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi @@ -2,17 +2,24 @@ @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. @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