On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Bruce Hill <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 05:57:46PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote: >> Anyone knows how to dig into /sys to find the serial number of a device (say, >> a USB pen)? I few days ago I found by trial and error something like >> $ cat >> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/host13/target13:0:0/13:0:0:0/block/sdc/../../../../../serial >> which gave me E68911000519 >> Now I can't find nothing of the sort. (Yes, I know the path changes >> each time the >> device is plugged in, but even so) >> Any information that would put some order into this mess would be great. >> >> TIA >> >> Joreg Almeida > > Why not look in dmesg output:
It is a matter of programming, not looking. I need a program that creates the symlink when the device is plugged in. Think mdev (more precisely, a complement to mdev that would take care of a few particular devices, to allow using fstab to mount them in chosen mountpoints, and then leave the rest to mdev). Thanks J.A.
