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Old 08-10-2012, 11:34 PM   #1
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Check if /dev/video0 is present?

Hi,

I would like to know how to realiably check if /dev/video0 is there?

Code:
devch=`ls -1 /dev/video0 `
if [ "$devch" != ""  ]  ; then 
echo "dev available"
then
echo "dev not found"
fi
This example above is really not good. ls -1 must be prohibited.
 
Old 08-11-2012, 12:14 AM   #2
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Code:
if [ -e /dev/video ]  ; then echo "found" ; else echo "missing" ; fi
 
  


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