On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 08:53:15PM -0400, Jeff Quast wrote:
> On 8/1/06, andrew fresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am in need the ability to run a script when a cd is inserted. I am
> >not finding any way of getting notified when that happens, so I am
> >asking here. If not, I can just loop cdio info and check for a disk.
> >
> >Is there something that will run a script when I insert a CD?
> >
>
> I never checked for CD's, but hotplugd might say something when it is
> inserted, I know it works for USB disks.
AFAIK hotplug only works for drives not disks. My testing just now
shows that hotplugd does not see an event when I put in a CD
> If it doesn't, and you write a patch to make it say something, it
> might be appreciated.
ya, that takes more C than I know at the moment, or that I have time to
learn.
> Of course, I would never do anything with it. But for headless
> systems, it might be nice 'feature' for very certain situations.
>
> Never mentioned what you need it for..
What I am using it for is a CD burning machine. We are an ISP and have
a CD that we give to our customers. It has a wizard that sets up their
windows box to dial up and configures their email client. It also has
some other software on it that we find handy if they don't have to
download. Firefox, Thunderbird, AVG Antivirus, Windows service packs,
stuff that is faster to drive and get a CD than it is to download over a
modem.
Most people don't need this, so it has not been cost effective to have
them professionally pressed. Plus, doing it ourselves allows us to put
new versions of the software on the disk more frequently.
I have a script that uses the new cd burning capabilities of cdio to
burn an iso onto a CD. For now I just have to have a loop that checks
for a disk and burns it if one is inserted, what I would prefer is to
just have the script run when a CD is put in.
--- BEGIN burn_disk ---
#!/bin/sh
# You can run this like:
# while [ true ]; do burn_disk ; sleep 3 ; done
export DISC=cd0
export ISO=rraz.iso
TRACK=`cdio -s info 2> /dev/null | cut -d " " -f 1`
if [ X"$TRACK" = X"" ]; then
echo No CD inserted, abort!
exit 255
fi
if [ "$TRACK" -gt 0 ]; then
echo disk is not blank, abort!
echo "o2EC" > /dev/speaker
cdio eject
exit 255
fi
if [ "$TRACK" -eq 0 ]; then
echo Disk is blank, we are go for burn!
cdio tao $ISO
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "o3l10c.cf.." > /dev/speaker
cdio eject
else
echo Error with burn!
echo "o2EC" > /dev/speaker
cdio eject
exit 255
fi
fi
--- END burn_disk ---
l8rZ,
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BOFH excuse of the day: Robotic tape changer mistook operator's tie for
a backup tape.
