[NTLUG:Discuss] detect disk in cdrom

[Richard Geoffrion]

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> From: "joseph beasley" <joe_beasley at yahoo.com>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:18 AM
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] detect disk in cdrom
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>> Is there a way to detect a disk in a cdrom?  I'm writing a script to
>> backup to my CDRW each night, but I need the script to abort if I
>> forget to put a cd in before I leave.
>>
>> The script is just a shell script using mkisofs and cdrecord.
>>

What about doing a 'cdrecord -inq'   # -inq do an inquiry for the drive and
exit.  does that return any usable info?

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Richard