Added -d switch for custom device selection and documented it in the manual.

git-svn-id: https://logkeys.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@20 c501e62c-e7d1-11de-a198-37193048d1ed

man/logkeys.8

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 logkeys \- a GNU/Linux keylogger that works!
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B logkeys
-\fB-s\fR [\fB-m \fIkeymap\fR|\fB-u\fR] [\fB-o \fIlogfile\fR] [\fB--no-func-keys\fR]
+\fB-s\fR [\fB-m \fIkeymap\fR|\fB-u\fR] [\fB-o \fIlogfile\fR] [\fB-d \fIdevice\fR] [\fB--no-func-keys\fR]
 .br
 .B logkeys
 \fB-k\fR
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ See also \fBKEYMAP FORMAT\fR section.
 .IP
 \fB-m\fR and \fB-u\fR option are mutually exclusive.
 .TP
+\fB-d\fR, \fB-\-device\fR=\fIdevice\fR
+Use \fIdevice\fR as keyboard input event device instead of \fI/dev/input/eventX\fR default.
+.IP
+You can determine the keyboard device to be used by examining \fI/proc/bus/input/devices\fR.
+.TP
 \fB-u\fR, \fB-\-us-keymap\fR
 This option makes logkeys interpret keys as on standard US keyboard.
 .IP

src/logkeys.cc

@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ void usage() {
 "  -o, --output=FILE         log output to FILE [" DEFAULT_LOG_FILE "]\n"
 "  -u, --us-keymap           use en_US keymap instead of configured default\n"
 "  -k, --kill                kill running logkeys process\n"
+"  -d, --device=FILE         input event device [" INPUT_EVENT_PATH "X]\n"
 "  -?, --help                print this help\n"
 "      --export-keymap=FILE  export configured keymap to FILE and exit\n"
 "      --no-func-keys        don't log function keys, only character keys\n"
 "\n"
 "Examples: logkeys -s -m mylang.map -o ~/.secret/keys.log\n"
+"          logkeys -s -d /dev/input/event6\n"
 "          logkeys -k\n"
 "\n"
 "logkeys version: " PACKAGE_VERSION "\n"
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   char *log_filename = (char*) DEFAULT_LOG_FILE;  // default log file
   char log_file_path[512]; // don't use paths longer than 512 B !!
   char *keymap_filename = NULL;  // path to keymap file to be used
+  char *device_filename = NULL;  // path to input event device if given with -d switch
 
   { // process options and arguments
     
@@ -160,9 +163,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       {"output",    required_argument, 0, 'o'},
       {"us-keymap", no_argument,       0, 'u'},
       {"kill",      no_argument,       0, 'k'},
+      {"device",    required_argument, 0, 'd'},
       {"help",      no_argument,       0, '?'},
-#define EXPORT_KEYMAP_INDEX 6
-      {"export-keymap", required_argument, &flag_export, 1},  // option_index is 6
+#define EXPORT_KEYMAP_INDEX 7
+      {"export-keymap", required_argument, &flag_export, 1},  // option_index is 7
       {"no-func-keys",  no_argument,       &flag_nofunc, 1},
       {0, 0, 0, 0}
     };
@@ -170,13 +174,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     char c;
     int option_index;
     
-    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "sm:o:uk?", long_options, &option_index)) != -1)
+    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "sm:o:ukd:?", long_options, &option_index)) != -1)
       switch (c) {
         case 's': flag_start = true;                            break;
         case 'm': flag_keymap = true; keymap_filename = optarg; break;
         case 'o': log_filename = optarg;                        break;
         case 'u': flag_us_keymap = true;                        break;
         case 'k': flag_kill = true;                             break;
+        case 'd': device_filename = optarg;                     break;
         
         case  0 : 
           if (option_index == EXPORT_KEYMAP_INDEX)
@@ -385,6 +390,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   
 #ifndef INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE  // sometimes X in /dev/input/eventX is different from one reboot to another
   
+  char *INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE;
+  
+  if (device_filename == NULL) {  // no device given with -d switch, determine it automatically
     // extract input number from /proc/bus/input/devices (I don't know how to do it better. If you have an idea, please let me know.)
     std::string output = exec("grep Name /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -nE '[Kk]eyboard|kbd'");
     if (output == "ERR") { // if pipe errors, exit
@@ -397,7 +405,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     input_fd_filename << INPUT_EVENT_PATH;
     input_fd_filename << (atoi(output.c_str()) - 1);
     
-  const char *INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE = input_fd_filename.str().c_str();
+    INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE = (char*)input_fd_filename.str().c_str();
+    
+  } else INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE = device_filename;  // event device supplied as -d argument
 
 #endif//INPUT_EVENT_DEVICE