Function

extlink invokes the extlink callable service to create a symbolic link to an external name. This creates a symbolic link file.

Parameters

extname

The external name of the file for which you are creating a symbolic link.

linkname

The pathname for the symbolic link.

Usage notes

1. The object identified by extname need not exist when the symbolic link is created, and refers to an object outside a hierarchical file system.
2. The external name contained in an external symbolic link is not resolved. The linkname cannot be used as a directory component of a pathname.