Opening/closing cd tray using terminal...

So I guess “drutil tray open/close” only works on G4s & G5s.
I had some fun with it at work today but when I got home
realized it doesn't work for my B&W G3.
Is there another command that'll open/close the tray or
am I outta luck on my G3?
Thanks in advance!
Mike

You might need to use the command, disktool, instead.

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Opening/closing cd tray...

So I guess “drutil tray open/close” only works on G4s & G5s.
I had some fun with it at work today but when I got home
realized it doesn't work for my B&W G3.
Is there another command that'll open/close the tray or
am I outta luck on my G3?
Thanks in advance!
Mike

Thanks folks - but none of that worked.
I don't have a cd stuck in there or anything.
I can open it via terminal with a cd in the tray but
can't open/close an empty tray.
I'm just trying to do this in terminal for fun.
F12 does work but I'm trying to figure out
the unix command to mess with the wife's head
while I'm at work! hehe
Thanks again!
Mike
I've read somewhere that the G4 & G5 have a “powered”
cd drive??? - wouldn't all of them be powered???

How do I open the CD tray using Windows Keyboard

How do I open the CD tray of my eMac using a Windows Keyboard that does not have a eject button? If I use uControl Program to switch the alt and Window Keys (the option and ⌘ Keys) I can't use the iJect Program.

shulmice,
While not a perfect answer since you have to be logged in before you can open the tray, you can put an eject icon in the menu bar by double-clicking on ~/System/ Library/ CoreServices/ Menu Extras/ Eject.menu

Closing cd tray using java application

sir,
i want to close the cd tray using java program.i opened it using a vbs file which can be called through Runtime.getRuntime().exec("WScript <filename.vbs> ");
But i want to know how can close this cd tray using java programming...
the vbs file cotains the code for opening as
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Now i want to close the cd tray using a vbscript or through any other method which can be implemented in java..plz help me...........

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As to how to do it via VBScript, this would not be the best forum to ask on. I'm sure Google will tell you if you ask it nicely.

Opening Closing CD Tray without Apple Keyboard

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I know this is about JNA and not JNI, but I couldn't find a better forum to place this. And since JNA builds upon JNI, I thought I would give it a try here.
I was looking for a while to figure out how to open the CD tray using Java on Windows. After a while I came up with this solution:
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WinMM.INSTANCE.mciSendStringA("set CDAudio door closed", null, 0, 0);6. A simple app, which opens and closes the CD tray, would look like this:
public class Main {
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String[] args) {
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    WinMM.INSTANCE.mciSendStringA("set CDAudio door closed", null, 0, 0); //Close tray
}I hope this will save someone some hours of googling. And if you really don't want to use JNA, there is a solution in [this thread|http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=566946&messageID=4103195] which might work just as well. I haven't tested it though.

Hi Svenni, thanks for your wonderful post! If you don't mind, I have a few questions on this. Plus, if you are feeling generous, then perhaps you could even advise me on another related topic.
To start, I set up this WinMM library exactly as you prescribed, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I think I am doing everything correct, as Netbeans didn't complain about me using any
of the classes in the jna.jar file. Everything compiles just fine, so I think I am calling everything correctly.
I thought that maybe my drive isn't being acknowledged as "cdaudio", and my goal isn't to open the drive anyways. So, I found the list of MCI commands here:
[MCI commands|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712587(VS.85).aspx]
And tried to do this:
WinMM.INSTANCE.mciSendStringA("set waveaudio audio all off", null, 0, 0);Which it seems would deactivate all audio on my system, but it does not. Unfortunately, there are no errors being thrown by doing any of this, so I really don't know where to look.
What I am trying to accomplish is to gain control of the analog volume controls. The Java Sound API apparently used to support this, but it does not seem to anymore.
I can create Source and Target data lines, and read and write to them with no problems, but for some reason I am not able to get ANY controls on any line! It does seem to
be the consensus that you can't control the analog mixer from Java, and that's why I have been researching other avenues. This has been one of them, but I just can't seem to get
it to work. I think if I could, then my problems may be solved. Well, all but the problem that the MCI command strings don't seem to have support for mute/unmute, but I may have to
deal with that seperately. In my app at the moment, I basically shell execute "sysvol32.exe -R" and leave it up to my user to set the recording level, but I'd really like to manage that through
software.
Any suggestions?

Can't format external HDD using terminal: Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

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I tried using terminal "diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ newdisk /dev/disk3" but I get this message:
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How do you open the DVD tray on a K430 without using Windows Explorer?

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Regarding your questions:
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Link to picture
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I have the iogear miniview that was working great with my old g4 and xp box, but now I have a g5...great of course, and it does work well, I can see my USB drives, etc.
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Kodi don't open cd-rom tray

I prefer open a new thread even if in long far 2012 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=136711 bagheera said:
bagheera wrote:
I'm building htpc with arch and xbmc. Unfortunatly, xbmc can't eject cdrom tray. It can't be done even outside xbmc. I can't use button on device, even if media present on device is not mounted. Button on device is working just fine, if no media is present.
eject command is working.
[xbmc@mediacenter ~]$ eject -v
eject: using default device `sr0'
eject: device name is `sr0'
eject: expanded name is `/dev/sr0'
eject: `/dev/sr0' is not mounted
eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a mount point
eject: checking if device "/dev/sr0" has a removable or hotpluggable flag
eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a multipartition device
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eject: CD-ROM eject command succeeded
[xbmc@mediacenter ~]$
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It is unacceptable state for that machine, cuz xbmc supposed to be running only xbmc with rf remote unit.
Hello everybody.
Now I have the same issue of bagheera and I'm not able to sleep from 3 days
My cdrom is /dev/sr0
With eject command I'm able to open tray from root and from standard user. In Kodi the eject botton or Open/Close selection no have success.
I tried to change my udev rules: I created cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules with this:
ACTION=="remove", GOTO="cdrom_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="cdrom_end"
KERNEL!="sr[0-9]*|xvd*", GOTO="cdrom_end"
ENV{DEVTYPE}!="disk", GOTO="cdrom_end"
# unconditionally tag device as CDROM
KERNEL=="sr[0-9]*", ENV{ID_CDROM}="1"
# media eject button pressed
ENV{DISK_EJECT_REQUEST}=="?*", RUN+="cdrom_id --eject-media $devnode", GOTO="cdrom_end"
# import device and media properties and lock tray to
# enable the receiving of media eject button events
IMPORT{program}="cdrom_id $devnode"
KERNEL=="sr0", SYMLINK+="cdrom", OPTIONS+="link_priority=-100"
LABEL="cdrom_end"
but never changed.
I tried modify from 1 to 0 this:
echo "0" > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock
but never changed.
I'm looking for others solutions to my issue in internet but I'm very unlucky!!!
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I have an update to this issue.
1. I insert a cd in the player
2. I play it
3. I open a terminal and umount /dev/sr0 (root and non-root users can do it)
4. I select open / close tray in kodi and it works like a charm
Why a standard user can umount my device and kodi can't do it?

GL account opening/closing balances by day

Hi All.
I wish to list day by day opening and closing balances of G/L account by restricting the result to a time interval.
Anyone know how to write the query for G/L account opening & closing balances by day?
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declare @de dec(19,6)
declare @cr dec(19,6)
declare @acc char(20)
declare @Pracc char(20)
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(M char(10), Acc char(20), Me char(100), Tid char(10), Br char(10), TT char(30), Op dec(19,6),De dec(19,6),Cr dec(19,6),Cl dec(19,6) )
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WHEN T0.TransType = 30 THEN 'JE'
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END AS 'Trans Type',
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for update
set @PrAcc=''
Open cu
Fetch next from cu into @acc,@de,@cr
While @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
Begin
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cl=@PrCl-@Cr+@de
where current of cu
set @PrCl=@PrCl-@Cr+@de
set @PrAcc=@acc
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Drop table #W
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Thanks & Best Regards,
Leng

Hi,
You have to make use of many tables for this purpose.
1. You have to claculate the previuos period and finscal year for the given date..
2. You have to calculate the G/L balances for this period for the given G/L account from table GLT0.(You can use some of the standard function modules for the same)
3. You have get the line items from the various tables like BSIS,BSAS,BSIK, BASK, BSID and BSAD for the dates from the begining of the month to the given date-1. sum upthis amount with the amount retrieved from step 2 .This will be the opening balance for the given date.
4.retrieve the data from he same tables like step 3 for the given date. This will the transactions of the given date.
5. sum up the amounts from step 4 with step 3. this will be the closing balance for that date.
let me know id you want any further info..
Reward the points if i answered your question..

Opening & Closing balances of Vendor

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hi Dn,
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Opening & closing balances for Vendor

Hi Experts,
I am doing a report where in i need to get the opening & closing balances for Vendor(s). I am using BSIK & BSAK tables. Are there any more tables involved and how do i carry out the calculations?
Please help.
Thanks
Dany

Hi,
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