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On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned and Stdlib.GetLastError returns the translated error.
Usage
The symbolic link succeeds unless:
Error Details Errno.ENOTDIR A component of the name2 prefix is not a directory.
Errno.ENAMETOOLONG A component of either pathname exceeded 255 characters, or the entire length of either path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Errno.ENOENT The named file does not exist.
Errno.EACCES A component of the name2 path prefix denies search permission.
Errno.ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Errno.EEXIST The path name pointed at by the name2 argument already exists.
Errno.EIO An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry for name2 , or allocating the inode for name2 , or writing out the link contents of name2 .
Errno.EROFS The file name2 would reside on a read-only file system.
Errno.ENOSPC The directory in which the entry for the new symbolic link is being placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file system containing the directory.
Errno.ENOSPC The new symbolic link cannot be created because there is no space left on the file system that will contain the symbolic link.
Errno.ENOSPC There are no free inodes on the file system on which the symbolic link is being created.
Errno.EDQUOT The directory in which the entry for the new symbolic link is being placed cannot be extended because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system containing the directory has been exhausted.
Errno.EDQUOT The new symbolic link cannot be created because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system that will contain the symbolic link has been exhausted.
Errno.EDQUOT The user's quota of inodes on the file system on which the symbolic link is being created has been exhausted.
Errno.EIO An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
Errno.EFAULT The name1 or name2 argument points outside the process's allocated address space.