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Date:      Tue, 11 May 2010 19:07:30 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Jean-Paul Natola <jnatola@familycareintl.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: user friendliest gui
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005111848440.89622@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <AB2BC18AD166C948A0BC559E22CE9C9105DEE94E@FCIEXCHANGE1.FCI>
References:  <201005112339.o4BNd68h008552@mail.r-bonomi.com> <AB2BC18AD166C948A0BC559E22CE9C9105DEE94E@FCIEXCHANGE1.FCI>

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On Wed, 12 May 2010, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:

> These tasks may be trivial  to all members on  this list, but to a novice like myself, seems a bit overwhelming to be honest.
>
> As far as the touchscreen goes , thats a nice thought,  but not in our budget. I'd prefer to spend ~300 dollars on the reciept style printer.
>
> Can someone point me in the direction to get this started?

[Please, please stop top-posting and full-quoting.  It makes replying to 
your posts more difficult.]

What input do you need from the user?  They connect the device, it scans 
and shows results, they disconnect.  No need for a touchscreen, or even 
a normal mouse and keyboard.

Do you need printed reports?  If so, use a standard printer, possibly 
one that's already on your network.

As for directions:

Use your choice of programming language to write a program that will 
call file(1) to determine filesystem, mount the device, virus scan, and 
unmount the device.  Display prompts and results with dialog(1).  Print 
results if desired.

Configure devd.conf(5) to detect USB mass storage device connect and run 
the program.

References:

file(1), dialog(1), devd.conf(5), mount_msdosfs(8), mount_ntfs(8), 
security/clamav[-devel]

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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