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mostafa

10-12-2008 06:50 AM

How to detect usb storage arrival and its mount path

Hi, I am a newbi to linux,
i wana to write a program in C that can detect arrival of a usb flash memory. I want also to find the actual mount point of new inserted flash disk. can anyone help me?
thanks a lot

TwinReverb

10-12-2008 08:10 AM

It's possible to detect the insertion of a USB device simply by watching /var/log/dmesg /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog etc. There are also ways to include udev, hal, and/or messagebus hooks (see appropriate project websites).

mostafa

10-12-2008 11:14 AM

Thanks a lot. but there is not any appropriate API such as Windows?

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