[SPAM] Re: Passing Information From HAL

[Patrice Dumas]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:54:39AM -0800, Thanh Tran wrote:
> I would use HAL to pass information between my
> application and a hot plug-in device.  I realize there
> exists a library to help me write C code with this
> functionality.  However, what I need to do is
> relatively simple.  I want to detect a storage device
> plugged in by a user and have my application read data
> off of the device.  I used an .fdi policy file and a
> bash script to start my app whenever a usb storage
> device was plugged in.  However, I still need to
> inform my application of the drive location.  I'm
> assuming other policies will mount it auto for me.  I
> just need to pass on the location to my app.  Any good
> information or advice would be appreciated.  Thanks.

I have written halevt to do things like that, maybe it would suit you
(or you can also try ivman):

http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/dumas/halevt.html
http://ivman.sourceforge.net/

Basically it is a server that can launch any command when a given hal
event happens.

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Pat