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[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/sys Add symlinkat(2) specific errors.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/e00e2dc7ff60
branches:  trunk
changeset: 788924:e00e2dc7ff60
user:      njoly <njoly%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jul 29 11:40:04 2013 +0000

description:
Add symlinkat(2) specific errors.

diffstat:

 lib/libc/sys/symlink.2 |  32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diffs (61 lines):

diff -r 962a5649720f -r e00e2dc7ff60 lib/libc/sys/symlink.2
--- a/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2    Mon Jul 29 10:43:15 2013 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/symlink.2    Mon Jul 29 11:40:04 2013 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: symlink.2,v 1.25 2013/01/13 08:15:02 dholland Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: symlink.2,v 1.26 2013/07/29 11:40:04 njoly Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)symlink.2  8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\"
-.Dd November 18, 2012
+.Dd July 29, 2013
 .Dt SYMLINK 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@
 .Dv AT_FDCWD
 in order to specify the current directory.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-Upon successful completion, a zero value is returned.
-If an error occurs, the error code is stored in
-.Va errno
-and a \-1 value is returned.
+.Rv -std symlink symlinkat
 .Sh ERRORS
-The symbolic link succeeds unless:
+.Fn symlink
+and
+.Fn symlinkat
+will fail and no link will be created if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EACCES
 A component of the
@@ -151,6 +151,24 @@
 .Fa name2
 would reside on a read-only file system.
 .El
+.Pp
+In addition,
+.Fn symlinkat
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EBADF
+.Fa name2
+does not specify an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is neither
+.Dv AT_FDCWD
+nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
+.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
+.Fa name2
+is not an absolute path and
+.Fa fd
+is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ln 1 ,
 .Xr link 2 ,



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