link

Synopsis

link $oldfile, $newfile or die "Cannot link: $!";
link '/data/original', '/data/hardlink';

Description

Creates a hard link to an existing file.

Creates a new directory entry NEWFILE that refers to the same inode as OLDFILE. Both paths must be on the same filesystem. The link count of the file is incremented. Uses std::fs::hard_link. Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure (and sets $!).

See also

symlink, unlink, rename