USB Drive

[dave.bolas@se.com]

Hi, is there any way of programmatically reading the status of a USB drive ie, is it healthy and read to write?
I had a corrupted drive and no obvious way of knowing until things stopped working.

Thanks

Dave

[admin]

There's no way of knowing if the USB drive is fully operational or not. You can only check if it is mounted or not:

Code:

mounted = io.readfile('/proc/mounts'):match('/dev/sd') ~= nil
log(mounted)

Using USB drives is not recommended because they are not designed for 24/7 operation. A preferred way is to use network storage or cloud solutions.