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From: "Sagara Wijetunga" <sagara@tomahawk.com.sg>
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Subject: How to symlink devfs devices?
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Hi 

Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place 
of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 

1. A disk
   /dev/camera -> /dev/da0s1 

2. A network device
   re0 -> lan0 

Kind regards
Sagara