# Ivan Novick
# Dec-23, 2007
#
# as -o symlink.o symlink.s
# ld -o symlink symlink.o
#
# symlink -- linux system call #83

.section .data

# constant to store a string
linkname:
  .ascii "another.s\0"

# constant to store a string
original:
  .ascii "symlink.s\0"

.section .text
.globl _start
_start:

# 83 is the system call number for symlink
# the first param is the original file name
# the second param is the name of the symlink you want to create
movl $83, %eax
movl $original, %ebx
movl $linkname, %ecx
int $0x80

# exit system call
movl $1, %eax
movl $0, %ebx
int $0x80