Stephen Warren wrote:
> On Tue, April 15, 2008 12:18 am, Phil Dibowitz wrote:
>> Stephen Warren wrote:
>>> This raises the question though: What happens if the current initial 5
>>> second wait isn't long enough?
>> What do you mean? If my 5 second sleep isn't enough, I sleep for
>> another 5. And then another 5. And then 5 more. 5 more. 5 more. THEN
>> I give up.
> 
> I mean, what if, after the first 5 second sleep, the system hasn't noticed
> USB disconnect due to remote reboot.

Ah, I see. I suppose that's possible.

> I guess with the call to identify in the loop now, that's not an issue,
> because identify should fail, and cause the loop to loop again.

Indeed.

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