On 08/29/2015 04:45 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > What kind of information are you looking for exactly? Do you just want the > /dev/sd? file? Or is the Write Protect/Write Cache info important to you? > Aug 27 12:03:52 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off I was looking for an easier way to tell if my write protect switches were in the read only position. The are other ways, like trying to mount it and see what happens, but I what to get the information more directly.