Re: [PATCH] atime on devices

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Wed, 2004-06-09 16:20:17 +0200, Sturle Sunde <sturle.sunde@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message <riqhdtkke3i.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Some software use access times on device files to check if there is
> mouse or keyboard activity on the console.  This used to work in old
> kernels, or perhaps it was old hardware, but not any more.  Google
> didn't find any other portable ways of checking for mouse or keyboard
> activity without accessing the X11 display.

open() /dev/input/evdev* and select() on them?

MfG, JBG

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