Can we not have both? Linux is for the end user but also for the advanced user,
I hope!
You can use automount. That's another way.
It is based on something I downloaded from the Internet sometime ago.
You can use it if you want.
--
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
#!/usr/bin/python2.4
# Returns a CD mounting Point
# Author: Paulo Roma
# Date: 15 07 2006
#
import sys, os, time, re, string, pwd
import subprocess
# Search in /etc/mtab for a mount point
def GetCDMountPoint():
mtab = "/etc/mtab"
# returns the suffix after the last "/"
getName = lambda x: x.split("/")[-1]
if not os.path.exists(mtab):
Log("Wasn't able to locate mtab")
cd = GetCD()
return [(cd, getName(cd))]
list = []
for line in file("/etc/mtab"):
mpoint, fsys = line.split()[1:3]
if fsys == "iso9660": #TODO: Some systems may call it cd9660?
Log(mpoint)
# if Found, return mount point
return mpoint #TODO: Should we return a list if somebody has multiple drives?
list.append((mpoint, mpoint.split("/")[-1]))
if not list:
# Not Found, then search in /etc/fstab
cd = GetCD()
# return [(cd, getName(cd))]
return cd
return list
def Log(s):
# print "Detected CD drive:", s
return
# Search in /etc/fstab for a mount point
def GetCD():
cdpath = "None"
# Lifted almost completely out of freevo (thanks dischi ;)
if not os.path.isfile( '/etc/fstab' ):
return cdpath
re_cd = re.compile( '^(/dev/cdrom[0-9]*|/dev/[am]?cd[0-9]+[a-z]?)[ \t]+([^ \t]+)[ \t]+', re.I )
re_cdrec = re.compile( '^(/dev/cdrecorder[0-9]*)[ \t]+([^ \t]+)[ \t]+', re.I )
re_dvd = re.compile( '^(/dev/dvd[0-9]*)[ \t]+([^ \t]+)[ \t]+', re.I )
re_iso = re.compile( '^([^ \t]+)[ \t]+([^ \t]+)[ \t]+(iso|cd)9660', re.I )
re_automount = re.compile( '^none[ \t]+([^ \t]+).*supermount.*dev=([^,]+).*', re.I )
re_bymountcd = re.compile( '^(/dev/[^ \t]+)[ \t]+([^ ]*cdrom[0-9]*)[ \t]+', re.I )
re_bymountdvd= re.compile( '^(/dev/[^ \t]+)[ \t]+([^ ]*dvd[0-9]*)[ \t]+', re.I )
fd_fstab = open( '/etc/fstab' )
for line in fd_fstab:
# Match on the devices /dev/cdrom, /dev/dvd, and fstype iso9660
match_cd = re_cd.match( line )
match_cdrec = re_cdrec.match( line )
match_dvd = re_dvd.match( line )
match_iso = re_iso.match( line )
match_automount = re_automount.match( line )
match_bymountcd = re_bymountcd.match( line )
match_bymountdvd= re_bymountdvd.match( line )
mntdir = ''
if match_cd or match_bymountcd:
m = match_cd or match_bymountcd
mntdir = m.group( 2 )
elif match_cdrec:
mntdir = match_cdrec.group( 2 )
elif match_dvd or match_bymountdvd:
m = match_dvd or match_bymountdvd
mntdir = m.group( 2 )
elif match_iso:
mntdir = match_iso.group( 2 )
elif match_automount:
mntdir = match_automount.group( 1 )
if mntdir:
cdpath = mntdir
fd_fstab.close()
if cdpath:
Log(cdpath)
return cdpath
# Main program.
#
def main(argv=None):
if argv is None:
argv = sys.argv
return GetCDMountPoint()
# When main() calls sys.exit(), your interactive Python interpreter
# will exit! The remedy is to let main()'s return value specify
# the exit status.
#
if __name__=='__main__':
sys.exit(main())
