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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Dt VOP_READLINK 9
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_READLINK
36.Nd read the target of a symbolic link
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/vnode.h
40.In sys/uio.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_READLINK "struct vnode *vp" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link
45.Bl -tag -width uio
46.It Fa vp
47The vnode of the symlink.
48.It Fa uio
49The location of the data to be read or written.
50.It Fa cred
51The credentials of the caller.
52.El
53.Sh LOCKS
54The vnode should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
57.Sh ERRORS
58.Bl -tag -width Er
59.It Bq Er EIO
60A read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr uiomove 9 ,
64.Xr vnode 9
65.Sh AUTHORS
66This manual page was written by
67.An Doug Rabson .
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