Charles Morrison wrote: > Anyone have an idea as to how to automatically detect the USB number and > create a sym link in the dosdevices directory. > > The problem is that I have several USB devices not used at the same > time, and when the USB to serial adapter is connected, a /dev/ttyUSB? is > assigned. To use this assignment under WINE, I need to automatically > detect /dev/ttyUSB? and then create a sym link in ~/.wine/dosdevices for > the Windows program to use it. Of course, when the cable is > disconnected, the symlink must also be removed. > > An alternate way is to reserve the serial port to one device > (/dev/ttyUSB0 for example) and then create a permanent symlink in the > dosdevices directory. This means that other devices must not use this > reservation. > > Any ideas are appreciated. You can write a rule for udev to always create the same named device and then create your symlink. You can get started by reading this HOWTO <http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html> Also search on Google using "write udev rules" Gus _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
