Very nice. Thanks, Phil! Scott Morrow
Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------ On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Phil Davis wrote: > Here is an simplified 'system_profiler' output approach. It returns one > tab-delimited line of info per detachable USB storage device, with all the > data items known to system_profiler for each device. NOTE: It expects > system_profiler output to be in English. > > > function macUsbDrives > -- get USB device info from system profiler > put shell("system_profiler -detailLevel full SPUSBDataType") into tData > > -- convert data to one line per USB device > replace (colon & cr & cr) with numToChar(245) in tData -- device name > replace (cr & cr) with numtoChar(250) in tData > replace cr with tab in tData > replace numtoChar(245) with (colon & tab) in tData > replace numtoChar(250) with cr in tData > > -- remove records for all but USB drives (English data only) > filter tData with "*Detachable Drive: Yes*" > > -- remove space-padding from items in each line > set the itemDel to tab > repeat for each line tLine in tData > repeat for each item tItem in tLine > put word 1 to -1 of tItem & tab after tNewData > end repeat > put cr into last char of tNewData > end repeat > delete last char of tNewData > > -- return the data > return tNewData > end macUsbDrives > > HTH - > Phil Davis > > > > On 1/6/10 5:50 PM, Phil Davis wrote: >> On 1/6/10 3:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >>> tsj wrote: >>>> Richard - I haven't got an unnamed USB drive handy to test this with but >>>> what does the volumes function return when one is mounted? Does this give >>>> you the expected "untitled" (or "untitled 1" etc)? >>>> >>>> If so, you could iterate through the listed volumes using a couple of >>>> applescripts to determine whether the drive was local (false if it's a >>>> network drive) ejectable (false if it's internal) and then if you get two >>>> false results you can attempt to open a file on the volume. If that gives >>>> you an error then the drive is write protected. If it passes all tests then >>>> you're left (presumably) with an external USB or Firewire drive. >> >> The "passes all tests" list can also includes mounted .dmg files. >> >> Thanks for posting this - very helpful. > > -- > Phil Davis > > PDS Labs > Professional Software Development > http://pdslabs.net > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution