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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
.TH libusb 3LIB "19 May 2009" "SunOS 5.12" "Interface Libraries"
.SH NAME
libusb \- user-space USB device management library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fB-I\fR/usr/include \fIfile\fR... \fB-L\fR/usr/lib \e
     \fB -R \fR/usr/lib \fB -lusb \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <usb.h>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBlibusb\fR library contains interfaces for managing USB devices without a kernel driver.  It is an open-source API supported on Linux, MacOS X, and NetBSD. See http://libusb.sourceforge.net.
.sp
.LP
The current implementation is version 0.1.8 of the \fBlibusb\fR API.
.sp
.LP
Complete documentation for this library can be found at \fB/usr/share/doc/libusb/libusb.txt\fR.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibusb.so.1\fR provides the following public interfaces. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab();
lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) 
.
\fBusb_bulk_read\fR\fBusb_bulk_write\fR
\fBusb_claim_interface\fR\fBusb_clear_halt\fR
\fBusb_close\fR\fBusb_control_msg\fR
\fBusb_find_busses\fR\fBusb_find_devices\fR
\fBusb_get_busses\fR\fBusb_get_descriptor_by_endpoint\fR
\fBusb_get_descriptor\fR\fBusb_get_string\fR
\fBusb_get_string_simple\fR\fBusb_init\fR
\fBusb_interrupt_read\fR\fBusb_interrupt_write\fR
\fBusb_open\fR\fBusb_release_interface\fR
\fBusb_reset\fR\fBusb_resetep\fR
\fBusb_set_altinterface\fR\fBusb_set_configuration\fR
\fBusb_set_debug\fR\fBusb_strerror\fR
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/libusb.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/64/libusb.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
64-bit shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/libusb_plugins\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
implementation-specific \fBlibusb\fR modules
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/usr/bin/libusb-config\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
script to determine linking environment
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
AvailabilityT{
system/library/usb/libusb, system/library/usb/libusbut, SUNWlibugenusb
T}
_
Interface StabilityVolatile
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBIntro\fR(3), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
http://libusb.sourceforge.net