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Name

link — Creates a hard link.

Synopsis

bool link(link, original); string link: Name of hard link to create string original: Name of file from which to link

Returns

TRUE on success; FALSE on error

Description

link() creates a hard link, if permissions allow, from the original file to the link. This function doesn't work on systems not supporting links (for example, Windows only supports shortcuts).

Example

Example 337. Create a hard link

$path = "/home/user/orig_file";
$path_new = "/home/user/link_file";

link($path_new, $path);

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