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Bakhtiyor
Asked: 2010-11-28 08:24:55 +0800 CST

Opening CD-ROM with bash code

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I have copied this bunch of code from one funny video clip about How does a programmer swing his baby. The code is following:

#!/bin/bash

while [ l=l ]
do
   #eject cdrom
   eject    
   #pull cdrom track back in
   eject -t
done

But it doesn't work for me, when I run it with the command sh baby_rocker.sh it performs the code and outputs the following message eject: unable to find or open device for: "cdrom" even though I have CD-ROM device on my computer.

How can I make it to work?

bash cd-drive

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need to find your cdrom device name (which per the error is not /dev/cdrom). To find out the cdrom device name from the terminal execute:

    sudo lshw -C disk

    It should a device starting with "*-cdrom", the device name is listed at the "logical name:" field. Then you need to append the device name to the eject commands on your script, eg:

    eject /dev/cdrom1
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  2. Thanks to the answer of João Pinto, I changed the code and now it works. So, if you decide to swing your baby with CDROM you can change the code as below and enjoy its functionality:

    #!/bin/bash

while [ l=l ]
do
   #eject cdrom
   eject /dev/cdrom1
   #pull cdrom track back in
   eject -t /dev/cdrom1
done

    Note that /dev/cdrom1 is the logic name of my CDROM device. You need to execute sudo lshw -C disk command to see your CDROM's logic name.

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