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| + | You can use it as a poor man's check for a drive status -- see if there's something in there or not. | ||
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| + | ''ID_CDROM_MEDIA_DVD=1'' will be present if there's a DVD in there (not a CD), and ''ID_CDROM_MEDIA_STATE=complete'' will display if it's finished accessing the device. | ||
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| + | However, just because udev is finished, doesn't mean the drive is immediately available. That's why I wrote [[dvd_drive_status]] which will check to see if it's really ready to be read. | ||
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| + | Using [[dvd_eject]] will also wait for the drive to be ready, if you use it to close the tray: ''dvd_eject -t'' | ||
