NAME
Device::ParallelPort::drv::auto - Automatically choose driver.
SYNOPSIS
use Device::ParallelPort;
my $pp = Device::ParallelPort->new('auto:0');DESCRIPTION
This module should be used if you do not care what driver is used. It is very handy for writing cross platform applications in that it will autoamtically determine which parallel port driver is appropriate.
See Device::ParallelPort for full details.
DEVELOPMENT
The current nature of it requires modifications to this module to add new drivers. Longer term it would be better if it tried each driver installed on the system in turn allowing new drivers to add their own interfaces.
As such, the current version only detects between three drivers.
* parport - If linux and has a writable /dev/parportX
* linux - If linux and running as root (and no parport)
* win32 - If running on windowsNOTE - You MUST have the driver mentioned above loaded on your system for this to work. They are each SEPARATELY available in CPAN.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2002,2003,2004 Scott Penrose. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Scott Penrose scottp@dd.com.au, http://linux.dd.com.au/