How do I create a soft link programmatically in C/C++?

Question

How do I create a soft link programmatically in C/C++? link() system call in freebsd will create a hard link.

Answer 1

The system call you want is symlink(2).

#include <unistd.h>

int symlink(const char  *name1, const char *name2);

A symbolic link name2 is created to name1