Subj : Re: How to detect cdrom tray status (open or closed)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Wed Oct 06 2004 04:55 pm

Minderbinder enlightened us with:
> Try looking for the source code of the "eject" utility

I will.

> which already does what you describe.

Well, if I tell it to eject while the tray is open, it first closes
the tray and then re-opens it. This led me to think it didn't detect
the status of the tray. But as said above, I'll look into the code.

Thanks!
Sybren
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