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Command Description
This operation will request and show all information about the inserted media from a physical device. For information about supported physical devices check the list of supported physical devices.
Command usage
Aaru -d [true/false] -v [true/false] media info -h [true/false] -w [prefix] <device-path/aaru-remote-host>-d, --debug [true/false] shows debug output (default false)
-v, --verbose [true/false] shows verbose output (default false)
-h, --help [true/false] shows help screen for the command instead of running it, ignores all other switches (default
false)
-w, --output-prefix [prefix] writes binary responses from device to that prefix
<aaru-remote-host> connects to an Aaru Remote Host with aaru://<IP ADDRESS>
Example
FreeBSD: Aaru media info /dev/cd0
Linux: Aaru media info /dev/sdb
Windows: Aaru media info \\.\PhysicalDrive3
Operating system support
| Device Type | FreeBSD | MacOS | Linux | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCSI Block device | Yes | No¹ | Yes | Yes |
| SCSI MultiMedia device | Yes | Not yet² | Yes | Yes |
| SCSI Streaming device | Yes | No¹ | Yes | Yes |
| Parallel ATA | No³ | No³ | Yes³ | Yes³ |
| Serial ATA | Yes³ | No³ | Yes³ | Yes³ |
| USB | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| FireWire | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| PCMCIA | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| SecureDigital / MultiMediaCard | Not yet³ | No³ | Yes³ | Untested³ |
- macOS only allows talking with MultiMedia devices.
- Support for MultiMedia devices in macOS will be added if users require it
- Use device-info command