On 08/29/2015 09:45 PM, Brandon Vincent wrote: > 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 > Rats! looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/2-4.2/2-4.2:1.0/host7/target7:0:0/7:0:0:0/block/sdc': KERNEL=="sdc" SUBSYSTEM=="block" DRIVER=="" ATTR{ro}=="1" ATTR{size}=="61767680" ATTR{stat}==" 360 3 2904 376 0 0 0 0 0 376 376" ATTR{range}=="16" ATTR{discard_alignment}=="0" ATTR{events}=="media_change" ATTR{ext_range}=="256" ATTR{events_poll_msecs}=="-1" ATTR{alignment_offset}=="0" ATTR{inflight}==" 0 0" ATTR{removable}=="1" ATTR{capability}=="51" ATTR{events_async}=="" -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~