On Sunday 05 March 2006 22:29, Panagiotis Sidiropoulos wrote:
> I found Linux command "hdparm" at
> http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/957.htm. This command provides a
> part of information I need, as follows. Is it possible to retrieve this
> information from inside a Lazarus app but without root previledges?
>
You should be able to get almost all of it from /proc normal users have
read-only privileges there, it's basically a case of reading files to get the
information you want.
A.J.
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