July 18, 1999 LINK 8

### NAME

link - call the link(``) function

### SYNOPSIS

link file1 file2

### DESCRIPTION

The link utility performs the function call link(```file1``, file2`).

file1 must be the pathname of an existing file, and file2 is the pathname of the new link to file1 to be created.

### EXIT STATUS

The link utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

### SEE ALSO

ln(1), link(2), unlink(8)

### STANDARDS

The link utility conforms to X/Open Commands and Utilities Issue 5 (``XCU5'') .