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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/readlink.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 readlink Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Get the value of a symbolic link

Syntax

String_Type readlink (String_Type path)

Description

The readlink function returns the value of a symbolic link and returns it as a string. Upon failure, NULL is returned and errno set accordingly.

Not all systems support this function.

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Last modified: December 2006



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