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9.1111 symlink

POSIX specification:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/symlink.html

Gnulib module: symlink

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

  • On some systems, symlink(value,"name/") mistakenly creates a symlink: macOS 11.1, FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9.
  • This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement always fails with EPERM: mingw, MSVC 14.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

  • Some file systems do not support symbolic links.