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| - | ====== trayopen ====== | + | ====== trayopen |
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| + | I wrote a similar program in C that does the same thing, but with more states. | ||
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| + | ==== Archives | ||
| This code has been a lifesaver to me when it comes to checking to see if a tray is open or not. Believe it or not, there' | This code has been a lifesaver to me when it comes to checking to see if a tray is open or not. Believe it or not, there' | ||
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| exit(status); | exit(status); | ||
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| + | Just download the code, and compile it with gcc: | ||
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| + | < | ||
| + | gcc trayopen.c -o trayopen | ||
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| + | Then, running it, it will return a 0 if it's open, or a 1 if it's closed. | ||
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| + | Here's a sample bash script to call it: | ||
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| + | < | ||
| + | #!/bin/bash | ||
| + | trayopen /dev/dvd | ||
| + | if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then | ||
| + | echo "Open for business!" | ||
| + | elif [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then | ||
| + | echo " | ||
| + | fi | ||
| </ | </ | ||
