diff options
| author | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2009-07-22 01:06:29 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2009-07-22 01:06:29 +0000 |
| commit | 6d1e9d18533cc3f71ce7d6fce21adb2342d68f7a (patch) | |
| tree | fb472b727e86ac3b18b3c94b119f4830f2614bc3 /documentation/examples.rst | |
| parent | 6ffdb8fcfdb025a0998ed9325b75f00f5992e8c6 (diff) | |
| download | pyserial-git-6d1e9d18533cc3f71ce7d6fce21adb2342d68f7a.tar.gz | |
add description of new example
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/examples.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/examples.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/examples.rst b/documentation/examples.rst index 33450ea..7b8b826 100644 --- a/documentation/examples.rst +++ b/documentation/examples.rst @@ -195,11 +195,19 @@ Finding serial ports scan.py_ A simple loop that probes serial ports by number. +scanlinux.py_ + A Linux only version looking at the entries in ``/dev``. It works best with + on systems with devfs or udev that only create those entries that represent + devices. On older installations a lot of pre-created device files are found + and an additional open check should be added to ensure that the device is + real. + scanwin32.py_ A Windows only version that returns a list of serial ports with information from the registry. .. _scan.py: http://pyserial.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/pyserial/trunk/pyserial/examples/scan.py +.. _scanlinux.py: http://pyserial.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/pyserial/trunk/pyserial/examples/scanlinux.py .. _scanwin32.py: http://pyserial.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/pyserial/trunk/pyserial/examples/scanwin32.py |