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macOS and FreeBSD user-land have some similarities (because some of macOS user-land is based on FreeBSD) such as ifconfig(8), route(8), and netstat(1) (only 1 o
by Fnoord 6y ago
macOS and FreeBSD user-land have some similarities (because some of macOS user-land is based on FreeBSD) such as ifconfig(8), route(8), and netstat(1) (only 1 of these 3 is mentioned). Knowing one makes using the other one (or *BSD in general) easier.
- loeg 6y agoThe BSD parts of the macOS userland are directly copied from an old version of FreeBSD (more or less). So it's less that they're similar, and more that they are direct copies (at a point in time — they've since diverged somewhat).