--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Creates a new name for an existing file using a hard link. Will not overwrite <em>new_name</em> if it already exists (raising a subclass of <tt>SystemCallError</tt>). Not available on all platforms.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: "   File.link(&quot;testfile&quot;, &quot;.testfile&quot;)   #=&gt; 0\n   IO.readlines(&quot;.testfile&quot;)[0]         #=&gt; &quot;This is line one\\n&quot;\n"
full_name: File::link
is_singleton: true
name: link
params: |
  File.link(old_name, new_name)    => 0

visibility: public
