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diff --git a/README.devel b/README.devel deleted file mode 100644 index 727e095..0000000 --- a/README.devel +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -Background -========== - -'libusbmuxd' makes it really simple to talk to a running 'usbmuxd' and -hides all the details for you. There are two function calls: - -usbmuxd_scan() --------------- - -This returns a list of all available iPhone-like devices that are -available for talking to. The returned array contains the USB -product_id, hex formatted serial_number of any iPhones/iTouches and a -non-descript 'handle' for all those devices that are within range (as -of March 2009, that means a device directly plugged into the -computer's USB port). - -Once you have found the device you want to communicate with, take its -'handle' and pass this to usbmuxd_connect(). - -usbmuxd_connect() ------------------ - -This takes a handle, a destination port number and tries to setup -a proxy a connection. It returns a file-descriptor which you should -be able to read(), write() and select() on like any other active network -socket connection. - - -Technical details -================= - -When usbmuxd is running (normally started, or stopped as a result of -'udev' auto-insertion messages), it provides a socket interface in -'/var/run/usbmuxd' that is designed to be compatible with the socket -interface that is provided on MacOSX. - -The structures for communicating over this device are documented -in the 'usbmuxd-proto.h', but you shouldn't need to view them -directly if you are using the libusbmuxd.so library for easy access. - - -Example -======= - -#include <usbmuxd.h> - -... - -gcc -o leetphone leetphone.c -lusbmuxd - |