import os import subprocess import logging logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def eject_device(device): """ Eject the given device. """ logger.debug("ejecting device %s", device) try: # `eject device` prints nothing to stdout subprocess.check_output(['eject', device], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: logger.warning(e.cmd, 'returned with exit code: ', e.returncode, e.output) def load_device(device): """ Load the given device. """ logger.debug("loading (eject -t) device %s", device) try: # `eject -t device` prints nothing to stdout subprocess.check_output(['eject', '-t', device], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: logger.warning(e.cmd, 'returned with exit code: ', e.returncode, e.output) def unmount_device(device): """ Unmount the given device if it is mounted, as happens with automounted data tracks. If the given device is a symlink, the target will be checked. """ device = os.path.realpath(device) logger.debug('possibly unmount real path %r', device) proc = open('/proc/mounts').read() if device in proc: print('Device %s is mounted, unmounting' % device) os.system('umount %s' % device)