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.\" $FreeBSD$
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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_makelink
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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/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/devfsext.h>
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.Ft void *
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.Fn devfs_makelink "void *original" "char *fmt" ...
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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_devswf
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or
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.Fn devfs_makelink
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as argument, and links it to an alias location denoted by
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.Ar fmt
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string.
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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_devswf 9 ,
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.Xr devfs_remove_dev 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The function
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.Nm
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appeared in
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.Fx 2.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This man page was written by
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.An J\(:org Wunsch .
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