Commit 62fe6914 authored by Gustavo Niemeyer's avatar Gustavo Niemeyer

os: clarify docs for link functions

R=golang-dev, bsiegert, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5643068
parent 71c8b82d
......@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (e *LinkError) Error() string {
return e.Op + " " + e.Old + " " + e.New + ": " + e.Err.Error()
}
// Link creates a hard link.
// Link creates newname as a hard link to the oldname file.
func Link(oldname, newname string) error {
e := syscall.Link(oldname, newname)
if e != nil {
......@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Link(oldname, newname string) error {
return nil
}
// Symlink creates a symbolic link.
// Symlink creates newname as a symbolic link to oldname.
func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error {
e := syscall.Symlink(oldname, newname)
if e != nil {
......@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error {
return nil
}
// Readlink reads the contents of a symbolic link: the destination of
// the link. It returns the contents and an error, if any.
// Readlink returns the destination of the named symbolic link.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *PathError.
func Readlink(name string) (string, error) {
for len := 128; ; len *= 2 {
......
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