[sane-devel] XSane (and maybe other frontends) backend name detection problem

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:06:12PM +0100, Oliver Rauch wrote:
> Henning Meier-Geinitz schrieb:
> 
> > 
> > Examples: "mustek_usb:/dev/scanner" --> "mustek_usb"
> >           "mustek_usb:libusb:001:002" --> "001"
> > 
> 
> Is ":libusb" a keyword we can search for in thos way:
> if ":libusb" is part of the device name then use the
> text before ":libusb" instead of before the last ":" ?

I think so. The "device" file names are always:

libusb:bus:device

Only the "bus" and "device" parts vary. They can be numbers or paths.

The reast of the name is from dll.c, if I remember correctly. So dll.c
adds "mustek_usb:" in front of the "libusb:bus:device".

By the way: I think there is no way to detect the backend name if the
backend is linked to xsane directly (without sane-dll).

Bye,
  Henning