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@node link
@section @code{link}
@findex link
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/link.html}
Gnulib module: link
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw.
@item
This function fails to reject trailing slashes on non-directories on
some platforms:
FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
When the first argument is a symlink, some platforms create a
hard-link to what the symlink referenced, rather than to the symlink
itself. Use @samp{linkat} to force a particular behavior.
@end itemize
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