CD-DRIVE(1)

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version 2.4.0 · 9 versions
, in arch rolling

💿 NAME 💿

okay so bestie, welcome to the cd-drive(1) page — manual section 1, User Commands — and it's literally here to show CD-ROM drive characteristics. that's the whole assignment. no cap. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the vibe check:

cd-drive [OPTION...]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

this is where the options live, and yes we're listing every single one because we do not skip. 💅

  • -d, --debug=INT — sets debugging to LEVEL. debug girlies rise 🐛✨
  • -i, --cdrom-device[=DEVICE] — show only info about CD-ROM device. note the optional =DEVICE, bestie; it's not a typo.
  • -q, --quiet — don't produce warning output. shhh 🤫
  • -V, --version — display version and copyright information and exit. cute little exit behavior, iconic.

🆘 Help options 🆘

  • -?, --help — Show this help message.
  • --usage — Display brief usage message.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Rocky Bernstein — rocky@gnu.org. we stan. 👑

Copyright © 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2015, 2017, 2025-2026 R. Bernstein

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

and then the copyright block also has this exact run of lines, word for word:

Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver No CD-ROM device found.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

cd-info(1) — for information about the CD inside a CD-ROM. go give it a look if you want the tea on the actual disc. ☕💿

💿 okay that's the whole page, bestie. sign-off time: cd-drive version 2.4.0, x86_64-..., August 2026. mwah 💋✨

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