READLINK(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual						       READLINK(2)

NAME

     readlink -- read value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     readlink(const char *path, char *buf, int bufsiz);

DESCRIPTION

     Readlink() places the contents of the symbolic link path in the buffer buf, which has size bufsiz.  Readlink does not append a NUL character
     to buf.

RETURN VALUES

     The call returns the count of characters placed in the buffer if it succeeds, or a -1 if an error occurs, placing the error code in the
     global variable errno.

ERRORS

     Readlink() will fail if:

     [ENOTDIR]		A component of the path prefix is not a directory.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]	A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} characters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} characters.

     [ENOENT]		The named file does not exist.

     [EACCES]		Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.

     [ELOOP]		Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.

     [EINVAL]		The named file is not a symbolic link.

     [EIO]		An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.

     [EFAULT]		Buf extends outside the process's allocated address space.

SEE ALSO

     stat(2), lstat(2), symlink(2) symlink(7),

HISTORY

     The readlink() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					   June 4, 1993 					 4.2 Berkeley Distribution