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symlink
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  • symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE

    • Creates a new filename symbolically linked to the old filename. Returns 1 for success, 0 otherwise. On systems that don't support symbolic links, produces a fatal error at run time. To check for that, use eval:

        $symlink_exists = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };