.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2018 Gandi .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd November 30, 2022 .Dt FHREADLINK 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm fhreadlink .Nd read value of a symbolic link .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/param.h .In sys/mount.h .Ft int .Fn fhreadlink "fhandle_t *fhp" "char *buf" "size_t bufsize" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn fhreadlink system call places the contents of the symbolic link .Fa fhp in the buffer .Fa buf , which has size .Fa bufsiz . The .Fn fhreadlink system call does not append a .Dv NUL character to .Fa buf . .Pp .Sh RETURN VALUES The call returns the count of characters placed in the buffer if it succeeds, or a \-1 if an error occurs, placing the error code in the global variable .Va errno . .Sh ERRORS The .Fn readlink system call will fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENOENT The named file does not exist. .It Bq Er ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the file handle .Fa fhp . .It Bq Er EINVAL The named file is not a symbolic link. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system. .It Bq Er EINTEGRITY Corrupted data was detected while reading from the file system. .It Bq Er EFAULT The .Fa buf argument extends outside the process's allocated address space. .It Bq Er ESTALE The file handle .Fa fhp is no longer valid .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fhlink 2 , .Xr fhstat 2 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn fhreadlink system call first appeared in .Fx 12.1 .