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Find a HAL object based on /dev node path

I'm using python-dbus to interface with HAL, and I need to find a device's UDI based on it's path in the /dev hierarchy.

So given a path such as /dev/sdb, I want to get a value back like /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_10.

Solution

  • Pure python solution:

    import dbus
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
obj = bus.get_object("org.freedesktop.Hal", "/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager")
iface = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager")
print iface.FindDeviceStringMatch("block.device", "/dev/sda")