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I need to programatically track the addition or deletion of hotplug block devices. I can either track this as some sort of notification when a new hotplug device ( thumb drive in my specific case ) is added to the device system in Linux, or I can enumerate the block devices at different point in the program and compare them. How would I do this in either case ? Is scanning the /dev directory a reliable means of knowing which devices are available in modern Linux systems or is there a better way ?
I need to programatically track the addition or deletion of hotplug block devices. I can either track this as some sort of notification when a new hotplug device ( thumb drive in my specific case ) is added to the device system in Linux, or I can enumerate the block devices at different point in the program and compare them. How would I do this in either case ? Is scanning the /dev directory a reliable means of knowing which devices are available in modern Linux systems or is there a better way ?
It looks like libudev is the answer, with the best documentation at http://presbrey.scripts.mit.edu/doc/libudev/. If there is any third party libraries built on top of libudev I would of course be happy to hear about them.
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