/dev/log

[Andrew Dixon <andrew.dixon@seranoa.com>]

Hi All,
Could anyone enlighten me as to what type of file /dev/log is?  ls -l
gives the following:

	dixon@rowling:/usr/include/linux$  ls -l /dev/log
	srw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            0 Aug 29 08:54 /dev/log
        ^
Specifically I was wondering what the leading "s" means.  

Also, how would I create a file of this type?

Thanks,
Andy

P.S. Please cc me as I'm not on the list.