See Also

Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.link

Parameters

path

Returns

A Mono.Unix.UnixFileSystemInfo instance which represents path.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
InvalidOperationException	The file system containing UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName does not support hard links. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EOPNOTSUPP] -or- The file UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName is a directory or is flagged immutable or append-only (see Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.chflags). [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EPERM]
UnauthorizedAccessException	Search permission is denied for a component of the path UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName or path. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EACCESS] -or- path requires writing in a directory with a mode that denies write permissions. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EACCESS]
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	A component of the path prefix of UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName or path is not a directory. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOTDIR]
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	A component of UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName or path that must exist does not exist. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOENT] -or- The file UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName does not exist. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOENT]
System.IO.IOException	path resides on a read-only file system. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EROFS] -or- The directory for path cannot be extended because there is no space left. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOSPC] -or- An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EIO]
System.IO.PathTooLongException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName or path was too long. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENAMETOOLONG]
Mono.Unix.UnixIOException	Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName or path [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ELOOP] -or- UnixFileInfo.Directory cannot be extended because the user's quota of disk blocks on the file system containing this directory has been exhausted. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EDQUOT] -or- UnixFileSystemInfo.LinkCount would exceed its limit. Use UnixFileSystemInfo.GetConfigurationValue(Mono.Unix.Native.PathconfName._PC_LINK_MAX) to determine the maximum link value. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EMLINK] -or- path already exists. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EEXIST] -or- UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName and path are on different file systems. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EXDEV]

Remarks

The path argument is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory.

Note: To obtain the current working directory, see UnixDirectoryInfo.GetCurrentDirectory.

After creating the link, the link count UnixFileSystemInfo.LinkCount will be incremented, and there will be no way to distinguish the two files -- they're the same file with two (or more) different names.

Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Unix
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0