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.\" $Id: devfs_link.9,v 1.1 1995/12/31 00:08:18 joerg Exp $
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1995-12-31 00:08:18 +00:00
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.Dd December 31, 1995
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Dt DEVFS_LINK 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm devfs_link
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.Nd make a hard link for a devfs entry
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/devfsext.h>
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.Ft void *
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.Fn devfs_link "char *path" "char *name" "void *original"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Nm
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takes a token from a previous call to
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.Fn devfs_add_devsw
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or
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.Fn devfs_link
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as argument, and links it to an alias location denoted by
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.Ar path
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and
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.Ar name .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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It returns a token for the newly linked devfs entry.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr devfs_add_devsw 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The function
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.Nm
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appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page has been written by
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.if t J\(:org Wunsch.
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.if n Joerg Wunsch.
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