| @node linkat |
| @section @code{linkat} |
| @findex linkat |
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| POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/linkat.html} |
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| Gnulib module: linkat |
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| Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| This function is missing on some platforms: |
| glibc 2.3.6, Mac OS X < 10.10, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.4. |
| But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe. |
| @item |
| This function fails to directly hardlink symlinks on some platforms: |
| Mac OS X 10.10. |
| @item |
| This function fails to reject trailing slashes on non-directories on |
| some platforms: |
| AIX 7.1, Solaris 11.3, Mac OS X 10.10. |
| @item |
| This functions does not support @code{AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW} on some platforms: |
| Linux kernel 2.6.17. |
| @end itemize |
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| Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @end itemize |
