# Function std::fs::hard_link [−] [src]

    pub fn hard_link<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(src: P, dst: Q) -> Result<()>

Creates a new hard link on the filesystem.

The `dst` path will be a link pointing to the `src` path. Note that systems often require these two paths to both be located on the same filesystem.

# Platform-specific behavior

This function currently corresponds to the `link` function on Unix and the `CreateHardLink` function on Windows. Note that, this may change in the future.

# Errors

This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not limited to just these cases:

- The `src` path is not a file or doesn't exist.

# Examples

fn main() { use std::fs; fn foo() -> std::io::Result<()> { try!(fs::hard_link("a.txt", "b.txt")); // Hard link a.txt to b.txt Ok(()) } }

    use std::fs;

    try!(fs::hard_link("a.txt", "b.txt")); // Hard link a.txt to b.txt

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