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LINK(1P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 LINK(1P)
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       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
       link — call link() function
       link file1 file2
       The link utility shall perform the function call:
           link(file1, file2);
       A user may need appropriate privileges to invoke the link utility.
       None.
       The following operands shall be supported:
       file1     The pathname of an existing file.
       file2     The pathname of the new directory entry to be created.
       Not used.
       Not used.
       The following environment variables shall affect the execution of
       link:
       LANG      Provide a default value for the internationalization
                 variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions
                 volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 8.2, Internationalization
                 Variables for the precedence of internationalization
                 variables used to determine the values of locale
                 categories.)
       LC_ALL    If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
                 all the other internationalization variables.
       LC_CTYPE  Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
                 bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte
                 as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).
       LC_MESSAGES
                 Determine the locale that should be used to affect the
                 format and contents of diagnostic messages written to
                 standard error.
       NLSPATH   Determine the location of message catalogs for the
                 processing of LC_MESSAGES.
       Default.
       None.
       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
       None.
       None.
       The following exit values shall be returned:
        0    Successful completion.
       >0    An error occurred.
       Default.
       The following sections are informative.
       None.
       None.
       None.
       None.
       ln(1p), unlink(1p)
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Chapter 8, Environment
       Variables
       The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, link(3p)
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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