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IPython/utils/path.py:286–300

Hard links ``src`` to ``dst``, returning 0 or errno. Note that the special errno ``ENOLINK`` will be returned if ``os.link`` isn't supported by the operating system.

(src, dst)

ENOLINK = 1998

def link(src, dst):
    """Hard links ``src`` to ``dst``, returning 0 or errno.

    Note that the special errno ``ENOLINK`` will be returned if ``os.link`` isn't
    supported by the operating system.
    """

    if not hasattr(os, "link"):
        return ENOLINK
    link_errno = 0
    try:
        os.link(src, dst)
    except OSError as e:
        link_errno = e.errno
    return link_errno


def link_or_copy(src, dst):