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Just my .02 pfenning.
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Michael Hirsch wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:14:09 +0000, Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
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>
>>I am scripting a DVD backup solution, and the idea is for the script to email
>>the admin when it is ready for the backup, then the admin puts in the DVD and
>>the backup is performed.  Does anyone know of a way to eject the CD tray,
>>wait for the DVD insert and then when it's inserted, continue on with the
>>script (burn the backup)?
>>
>>I know how to eject the tray, but not how to wait for and detect insertion of
>>the DVD.
>>    
>>
>
>I don't know of a scripty way to do it, but the CDROM ioctls let you
>query for the presence of a CD in the drive.  So you can poll for an
>inserted disk.  I've done this in C.  Not all drives correctly support
>it, however.  Ot at least, they didn't 4-5 years ago when I last did
>this.
>
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