nc 0.9.7

Access system calls directly
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/// Make a new name for a file.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// let old_filename = "/tmp/nc-link-src";
/// let ret = unsafe {
///     nc::openat(
///         nc::AT_FDCWD,
///         old_filename,
///         nc::O_CREAT | nc::O_WRONLY | nc::O_TRUNC,
///         0o644
///     )
/// };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let fd = ret.unwrap();
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::close(fd) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let new_filename = "/tmp/nc-link-dst";
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::link(old_filename, new_filename) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::unlinkat(nc::AT_FDCWD, old_filename, 0) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::unlinkat(nc::AT_FDCWD, new_filename, 0) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// ```
pub unsafe fn link<P: AsRef<Path>>(old_filename: P, new_filename: P) -> Result<(), Errno> {
    let old_filename = CString::new(old_filename.as_ref());
    let old_filename_ptr = old_filename.as_ptr() as usize;
    let new_filename = CString::new(new_filename.as_ref());
    let new_filename_ptr = new_filename.as_ptr() as usize;
    syscall2(SYS_LINK, old_filename_ptr, new_filename_ptr).map(drop)
}