On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:14 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was looking for an easier way to tell if my write protect switches > were in the read only position. There are other ways, like trying to > mount it and see what happens, but I would like to get the information > more directly. Try querying the block device with udevadm(8). udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdc Brandon Vincent