debian man page for dpns_symlink

DPNS_SYMLINK(3) 					      DPNS Library Functions						   DPNS_SYMLINK(3)

NAME
       dpns_symlink - make a symbolic link to a file or a directory in the DPNS Name Server

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "dpns_api.h"

       int dpns_symlink (const char *target, const char *linkname)

DESCRIPTION
       dpns_symlink makes a symbolic link to a file or a directory in the DPNS Name Server.

       linkname
	      specifies the link name relative to the current DPNS directory or the full DPNS pathname.

RETURN VALUE
       This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       ENOENT	    A component of linkname prefix does not exist.

       EACCES	    Search permission is denied on a component of linkname prefix or write permission on linkname parent directory is denied.

       EFAULT	    target or linkname is a NULL pointer.

       EEXIST	    linkname exists already.

       ENOTDIR	    A component of linkname prefix is not a directory.

       ENOSPC	    The name server database is full.

       ENAMETOOLONG The length of target or linkname exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a linkname component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       SELOOP	    Too many symbolic links encountered when parsing linkname.

       ENSNACT	    Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO
       Castor_limits(4), dpns_chdir(3), dpns_chmod(3), dpns_readlink(3), dpns_stat(3), dpns_statg(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR
       LCG Grid Deployment Team

DPNS
							   $Date: 2004/06/28 09:18:05 $ 					   DPNS_SYMLINK(3)