site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com I quoted it from Apple's man page x-man-page://2/link/ or http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man2/link... Which seems to imply Apple's man page is out of date, On Dec 12, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: the POSIX standard you reference is outdated. please refer to: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/link.html where it quotes: If path1 names a directory, link() shall fail unless the process has appropriate privileges and the implementation supports using link() on directories. and under errors it states: [EPERM] The file named by path1 is a directory and either the calling process does not have appropriate privileges or the implementation prohibits using link() on directories. --- Sincerely, Rosyna Keller Technical Support/Carbon troll/Always needs a hug Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com