On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:35:56 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I think inotify is the best foundation for a usb plugin/plugout
> detector. I used it in my early 2015 proof of concept proving that
> Poettering's socket activation was overkill and could be accomplished
> much less intrusively with inotify.
>
> As far as I know, Hopman's only usage is to mount thumb drives and USB
> connected SATA drives.

Hi,
don't forget smartphones there are billions far more than thumb drives
and USB SATA drives.

Ciao,
Tito

> If that's the case, filtering the inotify event
> stream should be fairly straightforward. Once detection is
> accomplished, functions, callbacks or objects can be used to
> accomplish the proper action.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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