[X-Unix] /dev basics

[John Baltutis]

On 05/07/05, "Kuestner, Bjoern" <Bjoern.Kuestner at drkw.com> wrote:
>
> Would somebody please give an intro to what what can be learnt about the
> system by looking at the /dev directory?
>
> I see so many entries per disk and then all kinds of other things. ls -l has
> new types.
>
> Unfortunately "man dev" does not work like it sometimes does for important
> config files.

So, you want to know about device drivers? See
<http://developer.apple.com/devicedrivers/> for more than you really want
to learn. Basically, ignore /dev and its contents.