I don't want to use stdin because I am using the keyboard (the real one) for other purpose.<br><br>In /dev/input I only have nodes related to mice on the system, but that would be very convenient to have a node there. I am using a USB-serial adaptor in an other project and the kernel creates a node at /dev/ttyUSB0 that is really convenient to use.
<br>When I plug in the scanner, a node is created in /dev/bus/usb/00X/00X. I tried to cat it but it just returns gibberish and exits.<br><br>Brice<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:53:11AM +0800, Brice Rebsamen wrote:<br>> I have a USB barcode scanner that acts like a keyboard: whenever a<br>> barcode is read it sends the code where the keyboard would normally<br>> write. I am writing some code in C to read from the scanner.
<br><br>Is it impossible for you to take advantage of this fact?<br><br>Ie. just read from stdin or /dev/input/*<br><br><br>//Peter<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>libhid-discuss mailing list<br>
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