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.TH SDL_hid_open_path 3 "SDL 3.2.8" "Simple Directmedia Layer" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_hid_open_path \- Open a HID device by its path name\[char46]
.SH HEADER FILE
Defined in SDL3/SDL_hidapi\[char46]h

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "SDL_hid_device * SDL_hid_open_path(const char *path);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The path name be determined by calling

.BR SDL_hid_enumerate
(), or a platform-specific path name
can be used (eg: /dev/hidraw0 on Linux)\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I path
the path name of the device to open\[char46]
.SH RETURN VALUE
(
.BR SDL_hid_device
 *) Returns a pointer to a

.BR SDL_hid_device
 object on success or NULL on failure; call

.BR SDL_GetError
() for more information\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]2\[char46]0\[char46]