Hi Tom; Kind of unorthadox, because I forget the right way off hand, but parted /dev/dvd (parted) p gives me the name in the header. On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 19:11 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > Before I resort to digging up the source code, does anyone > happen to know how to get from a device name like "/dev/dvd" > to a description like "Toshiba Model XYZ CDRW"? > > I see tools like k3b display that info, but I don't know > off hand the api call or magic /proc/whatever file that > allows me to dig up the description starting at the /dev/ > name. > -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
