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Manual Pages  — VOP_READLINK

NAME

VOP_READLINK – read the target of a symbolic link

CONTENTS

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

[EIO] A read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink.
[EINTEGRITY]
  Corrupted data was detected while reading the contents of the symlink.

SEE ALSO

uiomove(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

VOP_READLINK (9) March 30, 2020

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