---
name: "PerlIO::via::symlink"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perlio-via-symlink"
version: "0.05-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PerlIO::via::symlink"
---

# PerlIO::via::symlink(3pm)

PerlIO layers for create symlinks

## NAME

PerlIO::via::symlink - PerlIO layers for create symlinks

## SYNOPSIS

```
 open $fh, '>:via(symlink)', $fname;
 print $fh "link foobar";
 close $fh;
```

## DESCRIPTION

The PerlIO layer `"symlink"` allows you to create a symbolic link by writing to the file handle.

You need to write C"link `$name`" to the file handle. If the format does not match, `"close"` will fail with EINVAL.

## TEST COVERAGE

```
 ----------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 File                                  stmt branch   cond    sub   time  total
 ----------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
 blib/lib/PerlIO/via/symlink.pm       100.0  100.0    n/a  100.0  100.0  100.0
 Total                                100.0  100.0    n/a  100.0  100.0  100.0
 ----------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
```

## AUTHORS

Chia-liang Kao \<clkao@clkao.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2004-2005 by Chia-liang Kao \<clkao@clkao.org\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See \<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\>