HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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nisln(1) nisln(1)
SEE ALSO
nisdefaults(1), nismatch(1), nisrm(1), nistbladm(1), nis_names(3N), nis_tables(3N).
NOTES
When creating the link, nisln verifies that the linked object exists. Once created, the linked object may
be deleted or replaced and the link will not be affected. At that time the link will become invalid and
attempts to follow it will return NIS_LINKNAMEERROR
to the client. When the path attribute in tables
specifies a link rather than another table, the link will be followed if the flag
FOLLOW_LINKS was present
in the call to
nis_list () (see nis_tables(3N)) and ignored if the flag is not present. If the flag is present
and the link is no longer valid, a warning is sent to the system logger and the link is ignored.
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