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FHREADLINK(2) System Calls Manual FHREADLINK(2) NAME fhreadlink -- read value of a symbolic link LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/mount.h> int fhreadlink(fhandle_t *fhp, char *buf, size_t bufsize); DESCRIPTION The fhreadlink() system call places the contents of the symbolic link fhp in the buffer buf, which has size bufsiz. The fhreadlink() system call does not append a NUL character to buf. RETURN VALUES The call returns the count of characters placed in the buffer if it succeeds, or a -1 if an error occurs, placing the error code in the global variable errno. ERRORS The readlink() system call will fail if: [ENOENT] The named file does not exist. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in trans- lating the file handle fhp. [EINVAL] The named file is not a symbolic link. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system. [EINTEGRITY] Corrupted data was detected while reading from the file system. [EFAULT] The buf argument extends outside the process's allo- cated address space. [ESTALE] The file handle fhp is no longer valid SEE ALSO fhstat(2), fhlink(2), HISTORY The fhreadlink() system call first appeared in FreeBSD 12.1. FreeBSD 13.2 November 30, 2022 FHREADLINK(2)
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