David C. Rankin wrote:
Banning someone out of personal spite is uncalled for fascism wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
A linux question. I have a phone system that will output call logs through an rs-232 cable. I would like to write a script that will read the data from the serial port and input it into a mysql table.
cat /dev/ttyS_ | data_storing_program
Thanks Theo, and Mr. fascism,
I will look at the python interface and definitely see if I can make the cat script work.
Another question, If I write a small script and "sleep" for 30 seconds or so during the loop to cut down on racing the loop, will that have any unintended consequences I should look out for?
Only if the pipe fills up REALLY quickly. If I remember correctly, it can hold a few kilobytes. The size of the pipe can be determined this way: $ echo "`ulimit -p` 512 * p" | dc For most serial communications, you won't have to worry about the pipe overflowing, because serial ports are slow in comparison to processor speed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org