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.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Doug Rabson
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.\"
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 24, 1996
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.Os
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.Dt VOP_READLINK 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm VOP_READLINK
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.Nd read the target of a symbolic link
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/vnode.h
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.In sys/uio.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn VOP_READLINK "struct vnode *vp" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link
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.Bl -tag -width uio
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.It Ar vp
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the vnode of the symlink
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.It Ar uio
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the location of the data to be read or written
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.It Ar cred
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the credentials of the caller
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.El
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.Sh LOCKS
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The vnode should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
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.Sh PSEUDOCODE
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.Bd -literal
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int
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vop_readlink(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred)
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{
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int error = 0;
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/*
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* Read the target of the symlink.
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*/
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...;
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return error;
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}
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.Ed
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.Sh ERRORS
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1997-03-07 03:32:31 +00:00
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EIO
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A read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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1997-09-29 10:11:02 +00:00
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.Xr uiomove 9 ,
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.Xr vnode 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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1998-03-12 07:31:21 +00:00
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This man page was written by
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.An Doug Rabson .
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