<html lang="en"> <head> <title>LINK - The GNU Fortran Compiler</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="The GNU Fortran Compiler"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures" title="Intrinsic Procedures"> <link rel="prev" href="LGT.html#LGT" title="LGT"> <link rel="next" href="LLE.html#LLE" title="LLE"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being ``Funding Free Software'', the Front-Cover Texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. (a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is: A GNU Manual (b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="LINK"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="LLE.html#LLE">LLE</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="LGT.html#LGT">LGT</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures">Intrinsic Procedures</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">8.145 <code>LINK</code> — Create a hard link</h3> <p><a name="index-LINK-772"></a><a name="index-file-system_002c-create-link-773"></a><a name="index-file-system_002c-hard-link-774"></a> <dl> <dt><em>Description</em>:<dd>Makes a (hard) link from file <var>PATH1</var> to <var>PATH2</var>. A null character (<code>CHAR(0)</code>) can be used to mark the end of the names in <var>PATH1</var> and <var>PATH2</var>; otherwise, trailing blanks in the file names are ignored. If the <var>STATUS</var> argument is supplied, it contains 0 on success or a nonzero error code upon return; see <code>link(2)</code>. <p>This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit. <br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>GNU extension <br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Subroutine, function <br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd> <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="80%"><code>CALL LINK(PATH1, PATH2 [, STATUS])</code> <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="80%"><code>STATUS = LINK(PATH1, PATH2)</code> <br></td></tr></table> <br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd> <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>PATH1</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of default <code>CHARACTER</code> type. <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>PATH2</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be of default <code>CHARACTER</code> type. <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>STATUS</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">(Optional) Shall be of default <code>INTEGER</code> type. <br></td></tr></table> <br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="SYMLNK.html#SYMLNK">SYMLNK</a>, <a href="UNLINK.html#UNLINK">UNLINK</a> </dl> </body></html>