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Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 11:16:25 +0200
From: David Rio <drio@perpels.com>
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Subject: Re: how to know if there is a cd inside the cdwriter
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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:04:17AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote:
> David Rio <drio@perpels.com> writes:
>  
> > I am writing a little script to backup my data. I would like 
> > to know if there is a CD inside the cdwriter before launch the
> > burn process. Any idea?
> 
> Here's a snippet from a bash script I use to do the same thing with 
> a dvd burner. The burner is external, so the script has alread checked 
> to see if the burner is mounted.
> 
>         melding=$(sudo mount -t ufs -o rw /dev/cd0a $montering_punkt 2>&1)
>         #Om mount ikke returnerer 0, er noe galt.
>         if [ $? -ne 0 ]
>         then
>                 if [ "$melding" = "mount: /dev/cd0a: Device not configured" ]
>                 then

Thanks.
I have received another answer from Lowell Gilbert that point me to use 
"cdcontrol info" and then parse the output. This one is good too.