Cdcopy

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title: Cdcopy
---

Bash script to automate copying data from CDs.

Detects media insertion (via HAL, using polling \*blegh\*)

```shell
#!/bin/bash
# cdcopy.sh: copy a data CD to disk
#  mark AT cognomen DOT co DOT uk

CDROM=$1     # CD-ROM device
MNTPNT=$2    # CD-ROM mount point
OF=/data/         # output directory

eject $CDROM
UDI=`hal-find-by-property --key block.device --string $CDROM | tail -n1`

while ((1)) ; do
        if [ `hal-get-property --udi $UDI --key storage.removable.media_available` == 'true' ]
        then
                mount $CDROM
                if ((! $?))
                then
                        echo; echo "Copying the source CD to $OF."
                        cp -av $MNTPNT/* $OF || echo Copy failed

else
                        echo; echo "Failed to mount CD. Ejecting"
                fi
                eject $CDROM
        fi
        sleep 3
done

```

## Download

[cdcopy.sh][3]

[2]: Cdcopy?action=sourceblock&num=1
 [3]: http://markferry.net/code/cdcopy.sh

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