PERL symlink Function

Syntax

Definition and Usage

Creates a symbolic link between OLDFILE and NEWFILE. On systems that don't support symbolic links, causes a fatal error.

Return Value

• 0 on failure

• 1 on success

Example

First create one file test.txt in /tmp directory and then try out following example it will create a symbolic link in the same directory:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

symlink("/tmp/text.txt", "/tmp/symlink_to_text.txt");