[Shell Script] Detecting CDROM drives

cosiek · 09-28-2003, 10:14 AM

I need a bash/sh shell script that will detect every cdrom drive in a system, not just only the first one it finds. Should provide the make and model of all drives and save the data in a easy-to-read-by-scripts place. A similar script is in the Devil Linux CD-distro, but it only detects the first drive it finds. Does anyone have something like this?

eric.r.turner · 09-28-2003, 10:38 AM

Could you get that info from dmesg? Maybe something like:

Code:

dmesg | grep -i ".*:.*rom" > cdroms.txt

kolargol · 09-28-2003, 02:57 PM

for ide devices

have a look in /proc/ide directory
for each ide device connected there is a directory created(hda,hdb...)
the file named media in each of those directory tells you
the type of device it is (disk, cdrom)
other files in the directory gives other info on the device

you should be able to find what you want in there