The POXIX prototype for readlink(2) is: ssize_t readlink(const char *restrict path, char *restrict buf, size_t bufsize); See: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/readlink.html NetBSD already did it: http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?readlink+2+ It'd be good have it corrected in 7.0. Salutes, Igh.