A symbolic link is a special kind of file that points to another
    file. It is a directory entry that associates a filename with a
    text string that is interpreted as a POSIX pathname when accessed
    by certain services. A symbolic link is implemented on OpenVMS
    systems as a file of organization SPECIAL and type SYMBOLIC_LINK.

    The symlink function creates a symbolic link (link_name)
    containing the specified contents (link_contents). No attempt
    is made at link creation time to interpret the symbolic link
    contents.

    See also readlink, unlink, realpath, lchown, and lstat.