linux-kernel - Re: Generic battery interface

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Message-ID: <m2k65ykul0.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl>
Date:	Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:22:03 +0200
From:	Johan Vromans <jvromans@...irrel.nl>
To:	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
Cc:	"Shem Multinymous" <multinymous@...il.com>,
	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>,
	"Matthew Garrett" <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-thinkpad@...ux-thinkpad.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Generic battery interface

"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com> writes:

> good for shell scripts, not clear it is better for C programs
> that have to open a bunch of files by name.

Moreover, it means that the factual data is only made available as a
nice textual string, that then has to be parsed by shell scripts and
other programs to get the factual data again.

So I feel much for /dev/xxx approach, together with the already
mentioned small utilities like 'batstat' for shell scripts.

-- Johan

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