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Perl link Function
Description
This function creates a new file name, NEWFILE, linked to the file OLDFILE. The function creates a hard link; if you want a symbolic link, use the symlink function.
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
link OLDFILE,NEWFILE
Return Value
This function returns 0 on failure and 1 on success.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage, this will create new file using existing file −
#!/usr/bin/perl
$existing_file = "/usr/home/test1";
$new_file = "/usr/home/test2";
$retval = link $existing_file, $new_file ;
if( $retval == 1 ) {
print"Link created successfully\n";
} else {
print"Error in creating link $!\n";
}
When above code is executed, it produces the following result −
Error in creating link No such file or directory
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