If you have the Developers Tools installed there are a couple of
programs that might help you out. One is called HID (Human Interface
Device) that gives you a lot of information about devices that are
connected to your Mac. The drawback to these is that you have to
compile them into being apps, but it is straight forward.
Jerry
On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 06:46 PM, Bill Rising wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Anyone know how to find a device name in Mac OS X?
>
> Here's the background: I have an ecrix vxa-1 tape drive which seems to
> have decided to break (after a whole 8 months in service). To diagnose
> the problem, I need to run a command line tool who's syntax is
>
> ./vxatool <devicename> [options]
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't a clue what the device name is. Looking in
> /dev
> doesn't seem to be fruitful ('cuz I'm scared of giving the wrong name).
> The System Profiler doesn't seem to help, either. I can think of some
> very special device names, but, alas, they work just as well as similar
> names reserved for aggressive drivers.
>
> Any idears?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
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