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Gadgetman <stewart.gadget@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have a simple requirement at this point an Apple MAC OS X - that is
> to detect the presence or lack of a USB device from java.
>
> I have read about JSR 80, javax.usb, jUSB and all indicate not
> available in Mac OS X.
> I also know that in linux, I can do a "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" and
> get a list of devices connected to the machine.
> Now Mac OS X is "linux" - yet there doesn't appear to be /proc/dev/...
> etc.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get the presence or lack of a USB device
> from java on Mac OS X??
And where, exactly, did you hear that Mac OS X is "linux" again?
Mac OS X is based on BSD. You'll also find that some of the other
operating systems with a Un*x basis also don't use /proc. As I recall
from my very earliest days with AT&T System V Unix, it didn't. I think
the first one I encountered that did was Sun's Solaris.
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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