# Libudev This crate provides a safe wrapper around the native `libudev` library. * [Documentation](http://dcuddeback.github.io/libudev-rs/libudev/) ## Dependencies In order to use the `libudev` crate, you must have a Linux system with the `libudev` library installed where it can be found by `pkg-config`. To install `libudev` on Debian-based Linux distributions, execute the following command: ``` sudo apt-get install libudev-dev ``` `libudev` is a Linux-specific package. It is not available for Windows, OS X, or other operating systems. ### Cross-Compiling The `libudev` crate can be used when cross-compiling to a foreign target. Details on how to cross-compile `libudev` are explained in the [`libudev-sys` crate's README](https://github.com/dcuddeback/libudev-sys#cross-compiling). ## Usage Add `libudev` as a dependency in `Cargo.toml`: ```toml [dependencies] libudev = "0.3" ``` If you plan to support operating systems other than Linux, you'll need to add `libudev` as a target-specific dependency: ```toml [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies] libudev = "0.3" ``` Import the `libudev` crate. The starting point for nearly all `libudev` functionality is to create a context object. ```rust extern crate libudev; fn main() { let context = libudev::Context::new().unwrap(); let mut enumerator = libudev::Enumerator::new(&context).unwrap(); enumerator.match_subsystem("tty").unwrap(); for device in enumerator.scan_devices().unwrap() { println!("found device: {:?}", device.syspath()); } } ``` ## License Copyright © 2015 David Cuddeback Distributed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).