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diff --git a/man2/symlink.2 b/man2/symlink.2 index 13b2ed1ccd..4475bcb90a 100644 --- a/man2/symlink.2 +++ b/man2/symlink.2 @@ -214,29 +214,21 @@ does not support the creation of symbolic links. .B EROFS .I linkpath is on a read-only filesystem. -.SH VERSIONS -.BR symlinkat () -was added in Linux 2.6.16; -library support was added in glibc 2.4. .SH STANDARDS -.BR symlink (): -SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR symlink () +SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. .\" SVr4 documents additional error codes EDQUOT and ENOSYS. .\" See .\" .BR open (2) .\" re multiple files with the same name, and NFS. -.PP -.BR symlinkat (): +.TP +.BR symlinkat () POSIX.1-2008. -.SH NOTES -No checking of -.I target -is done. -.PP -Deleting the name referred to by a symbolic link will actually delete the -file (unless it also has other hard links). -If this behavior is not desired, use -.BR link (2). +Linux 2.6.16, +glibc 2.4. .SS glibc notes On older kernels where .BR symlinkat () @@ -250,6 +242,15 @@ glibc constructs a pathname based on the symbolic link in that corresponds to the .I newdirfd argument. +.SH NOTES +No checking of +.I target +is done. +.PP +Deleting the name referred to by a symbolic link will actually delete the +file (unless it also has other hard links). +If this behavior is not desired, use +.BR link (2). .SH SEE ALSO .BR ln (1), .BR namei (1), |