On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 19:27 -0400, William Case wrote: > 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. > Sorry Tom, just tried parted, again; it doesn't work on /dev/dvd. > 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 > -- 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
