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<h3 class="section">8.233 <code>SYMLNK</code> — Create a symbolic link</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:<dd>Makes a symbolic 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>symlink(2)</code>. If the system does not supply <code>symlink(2)</code>,
<code>ENOSYS</code> is returned.
<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 SYMLNK(PATH1, PATH2 [, STATUS])</code>
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="80%"><code>STATUS = SYMLNK(PATH1, PATH2)</code>
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<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.
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<br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="LINK.html#LINK">LINK</a>, <a href="UNLINK.html#UNLINK">UNLINK</a>
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