On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:33:42 -0500, "Sagara Wijetunga" <sag...@tomahawk.com.sg>
wrote:
> 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
That's no problem: Use the "link" statement: "link <source> <target>",
such as
link da0s1 camera
link re0 lan0
in you /etc/devfs.conf file. See the manual page for this file for
more information, or see the example entries in this file.
--
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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