Name
sane-find-scanner
Synopsis
sane-find-scanner [options]Locate SCSI and USB scanners and print their device files, to be sure the scanners can be detected by SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backends.
Options
- devname
Check only the specified device for a scanner.
- -f
Force the opening of any SCSI and USB devices specified with devname, in case the command is wrong in determining the device type.
- -h, -?
Print a usage message and exit.
- -p
Test for parallel-port scanners. Note that most parallel-port scanners won’t be detected, even with this option.
- -q
Run quietly, printing only the devices.
- -v
Run verbosely. When specified as -v, show every device name and test result; as -vv, also print SCSI inquiry information and USB device descriptors.
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