On Tuesday 13 February 2007 18:52, Jeremy Roberson wrote:
> Can you give me example syntax for using EVIOCGRAB ioctl or point me to
> the documentation? This may very well solve my problem. I wasn't aware
> that it could be issued after the device node had already been created.
>
You basically do:
ret = ioctl(fd, EVIOCGRAB, 1);
to "grab" device for exclusive access and
ret = ioctl(fd, EVIOCGRAB, 0);
to release it after you are done with it. fd is a file descriptor you get
when you open /dev/input/eventX.
--
Dmitry
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