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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting read output in ? Post 302237415 by pcstalljr on Wednesday 17th of September 2008 03:48:55 PM
Old 09-17-2008
Question read output in ?

hi all!

im making a program to update a file on a usb device. but the mount point is different from computer to computer depending on drives, now im updating the changes.lzm on a usb system based on slax. called backtrack, so thers a folder on the root of the memory stick called BT3. and i know if i use find
Code:
*/BT3 -maxdepth 0

i get
Code:
sdb1/BT3

so is there some way i can read the output and assign it to a variable in bourne shell? or find the mount point of the usb device? any help would be awsome SmilieSmilieSmilie
 

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USB_TEMPLATE(4) 					   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 					   USB_TEMPLATE(4)

NAME
usb_template -- USB templates SYNOPSIS
To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: device usb_template To load the module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): usb_template_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The usb_template module implements various USB templates that are needed when programming an USB device side driver. A USB template consists of an USB device descriptor, one or more USB configuration descriptors, one or more USB interface descriptors, one or more USB endpoint descriptors, USB strings and additional USB descriptors. The USB template module currently has templates for USB Mass Storage, USB CDC Eth- ernet and Message Transfer Protocol. USB templates are currently selected using the "hw.usb.template" sysctl. The "hw.usb.template" value can be changed at any time, but will not have any effect until the USB device has been re-enumerated. SEE ALSO
usb(4) STANDARDS
The usb_template module complies to the USB 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 standard. HISTORY
The usb_template module was written by Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>. BSD
March 18, 2014 BSD
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