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symlink(4)							    symlink(4)

NAME
       symlink - symbolic link

DESCRIPTION
       A  symbolic  (or	 soft  )  link	is a file whose name indirectly refers
       (points) to a relative or absolute path name.

       During path name interpretation, a symbolic link	 to  a	relative  path
       name  is	 expanded  to  the path name being interpreted, and a symbolic
       link to an absolute path name is replaced  with	the  path  name	 being
       interpreted.

       Thus, given the path name

	      If  is  a symbolic link to a relative path name such as the path
	      name is interpreted as

	      If is a symbolic link to an absolute path name such as the  path
	      name is interpreted as

       All  symbolic links are interpreted in this manner, with one exception:
       when the symbolic link is the last component of	a  path	 name,	it  is
       passed  as a parameter to one of the system calls: or (see readlink(2),
       rename(2), symlink(2), unlink(2), chown(2) and lstat(2)).   With	 these
       calls, the symbolic link, itself, is accessed or affected.

       Unlike  normal (hard) links, a symbolic link can refer to any arbitrary
       path name and can span different logical devices (volumes).

       The path name can be that of any type of file (including a directory or
       another	symbolic  link),  and may be invalid if no such path exists in
       the system.  (It is possible to make symbolic links point to themselves
       or  other  symbolic  links  in such a way that they form a closed loop.
       The system detects this situation by limiting the  number  of  symbolic
       links it traverses while translating a path name.)

       The  mode  and  ownership  of a symbolic link is ignored by the system,
       which means that affects the actual file, but not the  file  containing
       the symbolic link (see chmod(1)).

       Symbolic links can be created using or (see ln(1) and symlink(2)).

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley.

SEE ALSO
       cp(1), symlink(2), readlink(2), link(2), stat(2), mknod(1M).

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