Programmatically test for a DVD drive

[Brian Reichert]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:33:41PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out the best way to programmatically test to see if
> a disc device is a DVD device.  That is, how can I tell the difference
> between a CD-[ROM|R|RW] and a DVD-[ROM|R|RW]?  Is there a set method for
> doing this, or should I just try to execute a DVD ioctl, and test to see
> if it succeeds?  Thanks.

When I've poked, the tracks in a TOC of a DVD is _huge_ compared
to a CD-ROM.

But, I, too, am looking for a better way...

> Joe 
> -- 
> Joe Marcus Clarke
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