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