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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:49:24 +0000
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From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to symlink devfs devices?
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>
> 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

devfs.conf(5)
>
> 2. A network device
>    re0 -> lan0

same as above, but there is way to completly hide re0:
# ifconfig re0 name lan0

-- 
Paul