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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers USB-USB cable between linux and windows computers Post 302449799 by Xterra on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 02:54:28 PM
Old 08-31-2010
USB-USB cable between linux and windows computers

Is there an easy way to setup a cross-over cable (USB-USB) between a linux box and a windows PC? My 2 machines are next to each other but I really do not want to keep transfering my files using my USB drive.
Thanks!
 

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USBCONFIG(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      USBCONFIG(8)

NAME
usbconfig -- configure the USB subsystem SYNOPSIS
usbconfig [-u unit] [-a addr] [cmds...] usbconfig [-d [ugen]<unit>.<addr>] [cmds...] DESCRIPTION
The usbconfig utility is used to configure and dump information about the USB subsystem. The options are as follows: -u unit Limit device range to USB devices connected to the given USBUS unit. -a addr Limit device range to the given USB device index. Should only be used in conjunction with the unit argument. -d [ugen]<unit>.<addr> Limit device range to USB devices connected to the given unit and address. The unit and address coordinates may be prefixed by the lowercased word "ugen". -h Show help and available commands. When called without options, usbconfig prints a list of all available USB devices. EXAMPLES
Show information about the device on USB bus 1 at address 2: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_info Dump HID descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 do_request 0x81 0x06 0x2200 0 0x100 Dump string descriptor at index Z for device on USB bus 1 at address 2: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_string Z Dump current configuration descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_curr_config_desc Dump device descriptor for device on USB bus 1 at address 2: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 dump_device_desc Program the device on USB bus 1 at address 2 to suspend, resume, power off, go into power save, or power on: usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 suspend usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 resume usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_off usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_save usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 power_on Display a list of available quirk names: usbconfig dump_quirk_names See usb_quirk(4) for more information on quirks. SEE ALSO
usb(4), usb_quirk(4) BSD
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