keywords:osx,xserv,xserve,apple,macintosh,cpu,info,proc,
description:Tom's OSX hints for Linux users
title:OSX hints and info

Table of contents
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strace equivalent
Startup chime sounds control
proc file system equvialent



strace equivalent
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ktrace executable
...

kdump -f ktrace.out | less



Startup chime sound control
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http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html

Linux-like hints for OSX (dated, for 10.3, may work with 10.4)
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~schneidj/mac-os-x-10.3.html



proc file system equvialent
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Apple's OSX does not have the /proc file system that Linux
uses. The equivalent of 
cat /proc/cpuinfo

is 

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

or simply

system_profiler