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LFC_READLINK(3) LFC Library Functions LFC_READLINK(3)

lfc_readlink - read value of a symbolic link in the LFC Name Server

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "lfc_api.h"

int lfc_readlink (const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)

lfc_readlink reads the value of a symbolic link in the LFC Name Server.

specifies the link name relative to the current LFC directory or the full LFC pathname.
points at a buffer to receive the value.
gives the buffer size.

This routine returns the number of characters put in the buffer if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

The named link does not exist or is a null pathname.
Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix.
path or buf is a NULL pointer.
A component of path prefix is not a directory.
path is not a symbolic link.
The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
Host unknown.
Service unknown.
Communication error.
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

Castor_limits(4), lfc_chdir(3), lfc_statg(3), lfc_symlink(3)

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$Date: 2004/06/28 09:46:55 $ LFC