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==== Polling a Drive: Is Open / Has Media ==== | ==== Polling a Drive: Is Open / Has Media ==== | ||
- | Polling DVD drives to see if it is closed or not is a real pain to do in Linux. | + | Polling DVD drives to see if it is closed or not is a real pain to do in Linux. (**Edit:** it was! Check out [[dvd_drive_status]] which solves everything here) |
I highly recommend reading [[http://wonkabar.org/2013/07/03/reading-ejecting-ripping-and-polling-dvd-devices-in-linux-also-notes-on-my-dvd-library/| this blog post]] where I describe various ways I poll the drive to see if it is empty or not. | I highly recommend reading [[http://wonkabar.org/2013/07/03/reading-ejecting-ripping-and-polling-dvd-devices-in-linux-also-notes-on-my-dvd-library/| this blog post]] where I describe various ways I poll the drive to see if it is empty or not. |