Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:16:53 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Read Data from Serial Port |
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 05:08:15PM +0500, Anil Kumar wrote: > I am new to Linux . > I am looking for provisions in linux Kernel or Linux User Space through > which i can read data directly from > serial port (A device is Connected to Serial Port).
open("/dev/ttyS0"), see "man open".
> I read the literature regarding Raw Sockets but could not figure out > how to read data from serial port.
A serial port is a device file in /dev. Sockets are for networking.
> If there is any URL where i can find information regarding this please > mail me that also.
You can read the Serial-Programming-HOWTO. There is also a lot of information in the book "Advanced programming in the UNIX environment" by W. Richard Stevens. The book is expensive, but worth its price.
Erik
PS: this kind of userland questions is off-topic for this list. Next time use the linux-c-programming mailing list, see http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linuxcprogramming
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