Creates a new filename symbolically linked to the old filename. Returns1 for success,0 otherwise. On systems that don't support symbolic links, raises an exception. To check for that, use eval:
my $symlink_exists = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };Portability issues:"symlink" in perlport.
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