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1 /* link utility for GNU.
2 Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Michael Stone */
19 /* Implementation overview:
21 Simply call the system 'link' function */
23 #include <config.h>
24 #include <stdio.h>
25 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "system.h"
28 #include "long-options.h"
29 #include "quote.h"
31 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
32 #define PROGRAM_NAME "link"
34 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("Michael Stone")
36 void
37 usage (int status)
39 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
40 emit_try_help ();
41 else
43 printf (_("\
44 Usage: %s FILE1 FILE2\n\
45 or: %s OPTION\n"), program_name, program_name);
46 fputs (_("Call the link function to create a link named FILE2\
47 to an existing FILE1.\n\n"),
48 stdout);
49 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
50 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
51 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
53 exit (status);
56 int
57 main (int argc, char **argv)
59 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
60 set_program_name (argv[0]);
61 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
62 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
63 textdomain (PACKAGE);
65 atexit (close_stdout);
67 parse_gnu_standard_options_only (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME,
68 Version, true, usage, AUTHORS,
69 (char const *) nullptr);
71 if (argc < optind + 2)
73 if (argc < optind + 1)
74 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
75 else
76 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv[optind]));
77 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
80 if (optind + 2 < argc)
82 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 2]));
83 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
86 if (link (argv[optind], argv[optind + 1]) != 0)
87 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot create link %s to %s"),
88 quoteaf_n (0, argv[optind + 1]), quoteaf_n (1, argv[optind]));
90 return EXIT_SUCCESS;