Re: [Gpsbabel-code] Experimental Garmin code going in. KML on the horizon.

[Robert L. <rob...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:58 AM, A C Hurst <A....@sh...> wrote:

> > If you have strong OS mojo and can help with the "how can I find all
> > attached USB mounted devices" for any OS, please contact me.
>
> I'm sure there are people better qualified than me, but I'd go for reading
> /etc/mtab and looking for
> "/dev/sd*" entries.


getmntent(3) is an approach I've considered for Linux.  It's not a great
approach; you can't readily pull out the USB ID to be sure you're talking to
the right device, you have to rely on devices "looking like" a Garmin in
storage mode.   That's not terrible, but it  means you might do things like
spin up idled drives.


> That's the hack way to do it, see
> http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/Par/arch/usb/download/usbdoc/usbdoc-1.32.pdf
> for the proper way!
>
>
Actually, no.   That document covers the development of kernel drivers, not
finding where a device is mounted.

RJL