Which USB port is my device plugged into? - SUN
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system.
How can my program find out which usb port it is using other than:
system("ls -l /dev/usb | awk '$0~""input""{print$9}' > file")
and then reading that ...
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Which USB port is my device plugged into?
My application program needs to read a USB joystick on a Solaris 8
system.
How can my program find out which usb port it is using other than:
system("ls -l /dev/usb | awk '$0~""input""{print$9}' > file")
and then reading that file? Thank you.
Scott B. Klein
Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors
Baltimore, Maryland 21203-0746
Telephone (410) 765-0910
s.klein@ngc.com
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Re: Which USB port is my device plugged into?
s.klein@ngc.com wrote:
> My application program needs to read a USB joystick on a Solaris 8
> system.
> How can my program find out which usb port it is using other than:
>
> system("ls -l /dev/usb | awk '$0~""input""{print$9}' > file")
>
>
> and then reading that file? Thank you.
>
> Scott B. Klein
> Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors
> Baltimore, Maryland 21203-0746
> Telephone (410) 765-0910
> s.klein@ngc.com
>
I have no idea how to do it. But I would start reading at
libdevinfo(3lib). One of the functions available via libdevinfo should
be able to give you the info you need...
HTH,
Tom
