Re: USB Event Daemon?

James Simmons (jsimmons@transvirtual.com)
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:06:01 -0700 (PDT)

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> Is there, or if there were, would it be used, a method to notify a
> user-space daemon/program of USB device insertions? A quick search through
> archives didn't show anything.

Do a open on /proc/bus/usb/devices. Do a select on it. When a device is
attached detached select will return. Then read data from /proc/bus/usb/devices.

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