[lug] Finding devices in /dev, gphoto2 permissions

[Zan Lynx]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 23:02 -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
> Stephen Queen wrote:
> > Is there a simple way to determine which special file in
> > /dev a device is associated with. For example, I know from
> > using lsusb the device and bus number

The Linux kernel 2.6 /sys directory solves this problem.  Every device
has a "device" file in there somewhere that tells you what major:minor
device numbers to look for.  Then a ls -l /dev should let you find the
device node.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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