The source of a link (name1) may not be a directory.

POSIX says this is implementation-dependent; OpenBSD does not allow
it.  OK guenther@

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/link.2 b/lib/libc/sys/link.2
index 4d6f9f1..0047f6e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libc/sys/link.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/link.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: link.2,v 1.30 2024/03/25 17:57:07 guenther Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: link.2,v 1.31 2024/07/18 15:38:57 millert Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: link.2,v 1.7 1995/02/27 12:34:01 cgd Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)link.2     8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2024 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2024 $
 .Dt LINK 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -65,15 +65,13 @@ is removed, the file
 .Fa name2
 is not deleted and the link count of the underlying object is decremented.
 .Pp
+For the hard link to succeed,
 .Fa name1
-must exist for the hard link to succeed and both
+must exist and not be a directory, and both
 .Fa name1
 and
 .Fa name2
 must be in the same file system.
-As mandated by POSIX.1
-.Fa name1
-may not be a directory.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn linkat