NAME

       VOP_READLINK — read the target of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/param.h>
       #include <sys/vnode.h>
       #include <sys/uio.h>

       int
       VOP_READLINK(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred);

DESCRIPTION

       This reads the target pathname of a symbolic link

       vp   The vnode of the symlink.

       uio  The location of the data to be read or written.

       cred
            The credentials of the caller.

LOCKS

       The vnode should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.

RETURN VALUES

       Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.

ERRORS

       [EIO]              A read error occurred while reading the contents of the symlink.

       [EINTEGRITY]       Corrupted data was detected while reading the contents of the symlink.

SEE ALSO

       uiomove(9), vnode(9)

AUTHORS

       This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

Debian                                           March 30, 2020                                  VOP_READLINK(9)