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pyudev_usb_device_monitor_with_event_polling.py

python

Monitors the system for hardware device events (like plugging or unplugging a USB

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pyudev_usb_device_monitor_with_event_polling.py
1import pyudev
2
3context = pyudev.Context()
4monitor = pyudev.Monitor.from_netlink(context)
5monitor.filter_by('block')
6
7for device in iter(monitor.poll, None):
8    if device.action == 'add':
9        print('Selected device: {0}'.format(device))
10        print('Device node: {0}'.format(device.device_node))
11        print('Device type: {0}'.format(device.device_type))
12        print('Device attributes: {0}'.format(dict(device.attributes)))