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Deconstructing_Linux_udev_Rules.rst
 
 
:Author: Tim Daneliuk (tundra@tundraware.com)
 
:Version: ``$Id: Deconstructing_Linux_udev_Rules.rst,v 1.124 2013/11/01 04:28:33 tundra Exp $``
:Version: ``$Id: Deconstructing_Linux_udev_Rules.rst,v 1.125 2013/11/01 13:35:01 tundra Exp $``
 
 
Précis
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Let's symlink ``/dev/raw/raw1`` to ``/dev/rmy_fine_disk01``.
It is a time honored ``Unix`` convention that the raw device
name be the same as the actual device with an ``r`` prepended
to it. You don't have to do this, but if you don't, people
will hate youu, your dog will probably run away, and your
will hate you, your dog will probably run away, and your
ex-wife will show up again ... and no one wants that.
 
The DBAs can then configure their database engines to look for the
symlink name and never worry about what the underlying node