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diff --git a/scd/NOTES-STATUSFD b/scd/NOTES-STATUSFD new file mode 100644 index 000000000..543ee3d28 --- /dev/null +++ b/scd/NOTES-STATUSFD @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Description of the statusfd mechanism: + +Applications can now ask scdaemon to be notified about certain events +(card inserted/removed) on a specified file descriptor. + +This is how it works: + +Run gpg-agent in daemon mode. +Figure out scdaemons socket: + + +moritz@pink:~/g10/hacks/gnupg-mo/build/scd$ gpg-connect-agent +SCD GETINFO socket_name +D /tmp/gpg-QZRVNr/S.scdaemon +OK + +Connect to scdaemon and register a status file descriptor: + +moritz@pink:~/g10/hacks/gnupg-mo/build/scd$ gpg-connect-agent -S /tmp/gpg-QZRVNr/S.scdaemon +/sendfd /tmp/scd-events w +STATUSFD +OK +moritz@pink:~/g10/hacks/gnupg-mo/build/scd$ + + +Watch the log file as you remove/insert the smartcard: + +moritz@pink:~/g10/hacks/gnupg-mo/build/scd$ tail -f /tmp/scd-events +CARD REMOVED +CARD INSERTED +CARD REMOVED +CARD INSERTED +^C +moritz@pink:~/g10/hacks/gnupg-mo/build/scd$ + +That's it for now. |