readlink

   Reads the contents of the specified symbolic link and places them
   into a user-supplied buffer.

   This function is supported on OpenVMS Integrity servers and
   Alpha only.

   Format

     #include  <unistd.h>

     ssize_t readlink  (const char *restrict link_name, char       
                       *restrict user_buffer, size_t buffer_size);
 

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