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VOP_READLINK(9) Kernel Developer's Manual VOP_READLINK(9)

NAME

VOP_READLINK
read the target of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/vnode.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
int
VOP_READLINK(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred);

DESCRIPTION

This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link
vp
The vnode of the symlink.
uio
The location of the data to be read or written.
cred
The credentials of the caller.

LOCKS

The vnode should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.

RETURN VALUES

Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.

ERRORS

[]
A read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink.

SEE ALSO

uiomove(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.
July 24, 1996 Debian