[SLE] Devices and serial ports.

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To: SuSE Linux <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:35:46 -0500

Is there a way to tell if a device is a serial port, parallel port of
USB from it's name?

I need this for a program I'm writing. I Want to detect which kind of
device is given and treat them differently.

Paul Alfille

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