CD-ROM access on NON-SGI systems?

[Olivier Dagenais]

>From a usability standpoint, is it THAT difficult for the user to eject a CD
that you must have the computer do it for them?

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> I'm looking for a way to access my CD-ROM drive through Python (open,
close,
> query whether there is/isn't a disk in the drive, etc..).  I noticed the
> `cd' module which would accomplish what I want to do, but it's only
available
> under IRIX.  Is there any way to do this under FreeBSD/Linux with Python?
>
> Basically, I need to write an interactive script that prompts the user to
load
> a CD, then ejects the CD after some processing and waits until a 2nd CD is
> loaded before it continues processing.  Any ideas would be helpful.
>
> Regards,
> Graham