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std::experi...te_hard_link(3) C++ Standard Libarystd::experi...te_hard_link(3) NAME std::experimental::filesystem::create_hard_link - std::experimen- tal::filesystem::create_hard_link Synopsis Defined in header <experimental/filesystem> void create_hard_link( const path& target, const path& link ); void create_hard_link( const path& target, const path& link, (filesystem TS) error_code& ec ); Creates a hard link link with its target set to target as if by POSIX link(): the pathname target must exist. Once created, link and target are two logical names that refer to the same file (they are equivalent). Even if the original name target is deleted, the file continues to exist and is accessible as link. Parameters target - path of the file or directory to link to link - path of the new hard link ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing over- load Return value (none) Exceptions The overload that does not take an error_code& parameter throws filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with target as the first argu- ment, link as the second argument, and the OS error code as the error code argument. std::bad_alloc may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking an er- ror_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. This overload has noexcept specification: noexcept Notes Some operating systems do not support hard links at all or support them only for regular files. Some file systems do not support hard links regardless of the oper- ating system: the FAT file system used on memory cards and flash drives, for example. Some file systems limit the number of links per file. Hardlinking to directories is typically restricted to the superuser. Hard links typically cannot cross filesystem boundaries. The special pathname dot (".") is a hard link to its parent direc- tory. The special pathname dot-dot ".." is a hard link to the directory that is the parent of its parent. Example // Run this code #include <experimental/filesystem> #include <fstream> #include <iostream> namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem; int main() { fs::create_directories("sandbox/subdir"); std::ofstream("sandbox/a").put('a'); // create regular file fs::create_hard_link("sandbox/a", "sandbox/b"); fs::remove("sandbox/a"); // read from the original file via surviving hard link char c = std::ifstream("sandbox/b").get(); std::cout << c << '\n'; fs::remove_all("sandbox"); } Output: a See also create_symlink creates a symbolic link create_directory_symlink (function) returns the number of hard links referring to the specific hard_link_count file (function) Categories: * Noindexed pages * unconditionally noexcept Hidden categories: * Pages with unreviewed unconditional noexcept template * Pages with unreviewed noexcept template http://cppreference.com 2024.06.10 std::experi...te_hard_link(3)
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