[X-Unix] /dev basics

[Kuestner, Bjoern]

Jon Allen Boone wrote:

> The directory that Linux installations use that contains a lot of  
> information is /proc 

I was indeed confusing the two. Thanks.

> /dev/disk0s3         /
> /dev/disk1s1s2       /Volumes/hp aio installer
> /dev/disk2s3         /Volumes/Panther Boot
> /dev/disk2s5         /Volumes/FW Data Drive 1

What's the pattern behind the slices? (I assume "...s3" means "slice 3")

> You should not be accessing /dev entries directly using cli tools

Same advice as John Baltutis provided. Thanks. Sounds like "you better
listen!" to me. (c:

John Baltutis wrote:

> These don't answer your questions? [enter all sorts of programming info]

After looking at "IOKit Fundamentals" and "Accessing Hardware" I figured
that these PDFs hardly go into what /dev is about (unless I missed that
part). They rather assume that you're familiar with /dev if you use it at
all. I didn't even check "Writing Device Driver" for obvious reasons.

Maybe I was asking the wrong question. Maybe I did have the wrong perception
of what /dev is all about and expected it to be similarly useful as Linux'
/proc.

Thanks for all those who tried to answer a wrong question the right way.

Bjorn











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