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diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_LINK.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_LINK.9 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b7fbb7bd2270 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_LINK.9 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This program is free software. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 24, 1996 +.Os +.Dt VOP_LINK 9 +.Sh NAME +.Nm VOP_LINK +.Nd create a new name for a file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In sys/vnode.h +.Ft int +.Fn VOP_LINK "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode *vp" "struct componentname *cnp" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This links a new name in the specified directory to an existing file. +.Pp +Its arguments are: +.Bl -tag -width 8n +.It Fa dvp +The vnode of the directory. +.It Fa vp +The vnode of the file to be linked. +.It Fa cnp +Pathname information about the file. +.El +.Pp +The pathname info should +.Em not +be released on exit because it is done +by the caller. +The directory and file vnodes should +.Em not +be released on exit. +.Sh LOCKS +.Fn VOP_LINK +expects the directory and file vnodes to be locked on entry and will leave +the vnodes locked on return. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Zero is returned if the file was linked successfully, otherwise an +error is returned. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EMLINK +The file has too many links. +.It Bq Er EPERM +The file is immutable. +.It Bq Er EXDEV +A hard link is not possible between different file systems. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vn_lock 9 , +.Xr vnode 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was originally written by +.An Doug Rabson . |