man cdrom_id (Administration système) - udev callout to determine the capabilities of cd/dvd drives

NAME

cdrom_id - udev callout to determine the capabilities of cd/dvd drives

SYNOPSIS

cdrom_id [--export] blockdevice

DESCRIPTION

cdrom_id is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the capabilities of a cdrom or dvdrom drive. Udev can use this information to create symlinks like /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd to the real device node.

USAGE

cdrom_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline and prints the discovered capabilities.

OPTIONS

The following commandline switches are supported to specify what cdrom_id should print:

--export
print all values (default)

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

Developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>.