[X-Unix] /dev basics

[Eric F Crist]

Kuestner, Bjoern wrote:

>I also noticed another thing regarding OS X's /dev
>
>MAKEDEV seems standard in Linux and is also referenced in OS X's man page
>for mknod (not to imply that I really know what it is). But it's not there.
>
>Björn
>  
>
MAKEDEV is an old utility.  MacOS X, based largely on Mach 2.0 and 
FreeBSD 5.x (10.2+) uses devfs, which auto-creates the device nodes for 
you.  MAKEDEV is depreciated.