 Eject Usb And Firewire Drives, with this plugin |
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 Dec 3 2003, 03:51 PM
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This tiny prog can unmount attached FireWire or USB drives.
Now I can remove my USB stick without the risk of loosing data (AFAIK PE lacks of this functionality or I just don't know how to do it). There are more options such as device id or device name. Refer to the commandline output for the syntax of DevEject. @Bart: I've adapted your checkdisk.cmd to fit my needs.  deveject.cmd CODE @echo off rem deveject.cmd rem Created by Bart Lagerweij, modified by Kalonji setlocal echo DEVEJECT.CMD: Starting... echo. %~d0 cd "%~dp0" set _drive= echo Please enter the drive to unmount (for example "x:" or "all" for all echo attached USB mass storage devices)... set /p _drive=Enter drive: if "%_drive%" == "" goto _end if "%_drive%" == "all" goto _all :_run echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive% deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive% echo. goto _end :_all echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" echo. goto _end :_end echo. pause endlocal deveject.inf CODE ; deveject.inf ; PE Builder v3 plug-in INF file for DevEject ; Created by Bart Lagerweij [Version] Signature= "$Windows NT$" [PEBuilder] Name="DevEject" Enable=1 Help="deveject.htm" [WinntDirectories] a=Programs\deveject,2 [SourceDisksFiles] deveject.cmd=a,,1 deveject.exe=a,,1 [Append] nu2menu.xml, deveject_nu2menu.xml deveject_nu2menu.xml CODE <!-- Nu2Menu entry for DevEject --> <NU2MENU> <MENU ID="Storage"> <MITEM TYPE="ITEM" DISABLED="@Not(@FileExists(@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\deveject\deveject.cmd))" CMD="RUN" FUNC="@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\deveject\deveject.cmd">DevEject</MITEM> </MENU> </NU2MENU> deveject.htm CODE <html> <head></head> <body> <i>PE Builder v3 plugin</i> <hr> <h1>DevEject</h1> <h3>Plugin by Kalonji</h3> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.heise.de/ct/03/25/links/206.shtml">DevEject</a> by Matthias Withopf (c't magazine).<br> <br> DevEject is created to unmount external storage devices such as FireWire or USB drives<br> by entering the corresponding driveletter. DevEject is free for use! <br> <br> Before you can use the plugin you must copy some files to the plugin directory.<br> <a target="_blank" href="ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/listings/0316-208.zip">Download</a> DevEject. Copy the following files into the <tt>plugin\deveject</tt> directory:<br> <tt>deveject.cmd, deveject.exe, deveject.inf, deveject.htm, deveject_nu2menu.xml</tt><br> <br> <hr> <i>PE Builder Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Bart Lagerweij. All rights reserved.</i><br> </body> </html> Cheers, Kalonji. -------------------- Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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Dec 29 2003, 12:34 PM
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Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 15-November 03 Member No.: 2,579 |
I've revised my deveject.cmd and added an exit routine for easy use.
Kind reagrds, Kalonji deveject.cmd CODE @echo off
rem deveject.cmd rem Created by Kalonji rem Version 1.1 title DevEject setlocal %~d0 cd "%~dp0" :_inp cls set _drive= echo DEVEJECT.CMD: Starting... echo. echo Please enter the drive to unmount (eg: "x" or "all" for all echo attached USB Mass Storage Devices). echo. echo Press [ENTER] to abort. echo. echo. set /p _drive=Enter drive: echo. if "%_drive%" == "" goto _ext if "%_drive%" == "all" goto _all :_run echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive%: echo. deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive%: goto _ext :_all echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" echo. deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" goto _ext :_ext set _exit= echo. echo Do you want to exit? echo. echo. set /p _exit=Enter [Y]es or [N]o: if /I "%_exit%" == "" goto _ext if /I "%_exit%" == "n" goto _inp if /I "%_exit%" == "y" goto _end :_end endlocal -------------------- Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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 Dec 29 2003, 09:33 PM
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Great work. Thanks!
Steve Smith |
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Jan 1 2004, 10:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Belleville Ontario Canada Member No.: 3,217 |
Forgive my ignorance, but should deveject.cpp be included in the deveject.inf to be copied to the PE build?
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Jan 1 2004, 06:05 PM
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QUOTE (SLiC @ Jan 1 2004, 10:35 AM) Forgive my ignorance, but should deveject.cpp be included in the deveject.inf to be copied to the PE build? No, deveject.cpp is the source code and is included with the app in case someone wants to 1) use it in their own app, 2) just curious about how it works, or 3) modify it to do more or fix a bug and rebuild it themselves Deveject.cpp is NOT required to run the app. ZC |
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Jan 1 2004, 06:13 PM
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Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 15-November 03 Member No.: 2,579 |
@slic:
Nope it's just the c++ source code of deveject. No need to be included into pebldr. Regards, Kalonji -------------------- Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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Jan 5 2004, 06:53 AM
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Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 15-November 03 Member No.: 2,579 |
Here's the new version of my deveject.cmd.
Changes: - Startup menu added - Eject FireWire devices in frontend - Commandline input - List removable and all devices Regards, Kalonji CODE @echo off
REM deveject.cmd REM Created by Kalonji REM Version 1.2 echo DEVEJECT.CMD: Starting... setlocal %~d0 cd "%~dp0" :_tsk title DevEject set _task= cls echo What do you want to do? echo. echo 1: Unmount device(s) echo 2: Commandline input echo 3: List removeable devices echo 4: List all (also unremoveable) devices echo. echo Press [ENTER] to exit echo. set /p _task=Enter task: echo. if "%_task%" == "" goto _ext cls if "%_task%" == "1" goto _inp if "%_task%" == "2" goto _cmd if "%_task%" == "3" goto _lst if "%_task%" == "4" goto _lstall :_inp title DevEject - Unmount devices cls set _drive= echo Please enter the drive to unmount (eg: "x" for drive letter, echo "usb" for all attached USB Mass Storage Devices or echo "fw" for all attached FireWire devices). echo. echo Press [ENTER] to abort. echo. set /p _drive=Enter drive: echo. if "%_drive%" == "" goto _ext if "%_drive%" == "usb" goto _usb if "%_drive%" == "fw" goto _fw :_run echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive%: echo. deveject.exe -EjectDrive:%_drive%: goto _ext :_usb echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" echo. deveject.exe -EjectName:"USB Mass Storage Device" goto _ext :_fw echo Running: deveject.exe -EjectId:SBP2* echo. deveject.exe -EjectId:SBP2* goto _ext :_cmd title DevEject - Commandline echo Running: cmd /k deveject.exe echo. echo Usage: "deveject.exe -EjectDrive:<Drive>|-EjectName:<Name>|-EjectId:<DeviceId> [-v] [-Debug]" echo. echo You don't need to type the whole name or ID, you can also use "*" as wildcard. echo. echo Example 1: deveject -EjectDrive:x: echo Example 2: deveject -EjectName:"USB ...*" echo Example 3: deveject -EjectId:USB\...* echo. echo The following device(s) can be removed by the device name or device ID. echo The 1st block ('...') of the program output describes the device name, echo the 2nd block ('...\...\...') describes the device ID. echo. cmd /k deveject.exe endlocal exit :_lst echo Running: deveject.exe echo. deveject.exe echo. pause goto _tsk :_lstall echo Running: deveject.exe -v echo. deveject.exe -v echo. pause goto _tsk :_ext set _exit= echo. echo Do you want to exit? echo. echo. set /p _exit=Enter [Y]es or [N]o: if /I "%_exit%" == "" goto _ext if /I "%_exit%" == "n" goto _tsk if /I "%_exit%" == "y" goto _end :_end endlocal exit -------------------- Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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Jan 17 2004, 11:27 PM
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Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 14-January 04 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 3,577 |
This plug in works great with XPE!! I love it.
Thank you so much!! =) Tony |
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Jan 27 2004, 11:28 AM
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Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 15-November 03 Member No.: 2,579 |
QUOTE (SportinSS @ Jan 18 2004, 04:27 AM) This plug in works great with XPE!! I love it. Thank you so much!! =) Tony Wow, thanks! Didn't check it with XPE, so I'm glad you consider my plug useful! -------------------- Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.....
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Jun 28 2006, 07:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
I'm totally new to this forum, so please don't be too harsh if this has already been pointed out elsewhere.
I've been using deveject for a while now, but there's a couple of things that still bug me: 1) Despite the world cup, i can't speak or understand German to save my life, let alone understand what the readme says, so I'd really apprciate it if someone gave me a hint as to the copyright and distribution of deveject. I'd like to distribute it, but if no can do then i'll only output info for users obtained from wmi and request them to eject devices. 2) Can anyone explain what the debug swith does. An example would be really forthcoming, as I've used the -v swith in all possible ways I could think of and nothing happens. Regards, IVAN |
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Jun 28 2006, 08:42 PM
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 Platinum Member Group: Admin Posts: 4,615 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Western NY, USA Member No.: 13,258 |
The readme.txt file says:
DevEject -- devices log out automatically, for Windows 2000/XP/2003 ================================================================= DevEject serves to log out external data storage units such as FireWire plates or USB sticks by program control with the operating system. A closer description you find in c't to 16/03, S. 208. DevEject.exe -- the executable program DevEject.cpp -- source text in C++ according to http://world.altavista.com/tr The fact that it was published indicates that he owns the copyright. Write to the author and see what he says about your desire to distribute his utility. Use the links in the plugin's deveject.htm Help file to try to find the author. http://www.heise.de/ct/03/25/links/206.shtml Matthias Withopf (c't magazine) You could also write (PM) to Kalonji at http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showuser=2579 and see if he has a contact with the author. -------------------- A useful posting: Adding drivers to BartPE; NIC, SATA, video A helpful thread: BartPE Troubleshooting FAQs  Use the forum's search tool to find postings about problems similar to yours.For searches involving three letter acronyms such as USB add an * to the end. For example: USB* The  button is your friend and is located just below the  one for Quote Reply.Ed |
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Jun 29 2006, 08:42 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
@Ed_P
Thanks for the reply. I'll follow your suggestions and post the feedback on this thread. I also found some other utils that do similar stuff with USB. I'll try them out before adding threads. Again, lots of stuff is in German. IVAN |
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Jun 29 2006, 09:01 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
I'm still clueless about the debug switch. Anyone has any ideas here?
IVAN |
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Jun 29 2006, 09:15 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
I tried comipling the source with dev-c++ 4.9.9.2 and got the following error:
CODE Compiler: Default compiler Executing g++.exe... g++.exe "d:\0316_208\0316-208\deveject.cpp" -o "d:\0316_208\0316-208\deveject.exe" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\include" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\mingw32" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2" -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include" -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib" d:\0316_208\0316-208\deveject.cpp: In function `BOOL CompareWithWildcard(CHAR*, CHAR*)': d:\0316_208\0316-208\deveject.cpp:323: error: `toupper' undeclared (first use this function) d:\0316_208\0316-208\deveject.cpp:323: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) Execution terminated however, when substituting CODE if (toupper(*s1++) != toupper(*s2++)) for CODE if (s1++ != s2++) compilation worked. I also run the app and no prob. Hope this helps others that might want to start playing with the source, which I must say, is quite complicated! If deveject is problematic for other users, you can also read the following: usb stuff IVAN |
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Jun 29 2006, 09:32 AM
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Platinum Member Group: Admin Posts: 4,615 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Western NY, USA Member No.: 13,258 |
QUOTE (ivan @ Jun 29 2006, 10:15 AM)  Wow!! Great link ivan. Especially the part that states: QUOTE But Windows XP optimizes and bundles write accesses to pen drives only when they are NTFS formated, so NTFS is the right choice. Furthermore NTFS stores small files together with the file information so they are written into the same flash block which is the best that can happen. Interesting. 
-------------------- A useful posting: Adding drivers to BartPE; NIC, SATA, video A helpful thread: BartPE Troubleshooting FAQs Use the forum's search tool to find postings about problems similar to yours.For searches involving three letter acronyms such as USB add an * to the end. For example: USB* The button is your friend and is located just below the one for Quote Reply.Ed |
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Jun 29 2006, 09:59 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
@Ed_P
To be honest, I'm not that concerned about flash memory sticks as much as wireless network devices using usb enabled with PnP (plug&Play). I get all my info (deviceId, name, etc) straight from wmi scripts and match the data from the registry. The reason I'm after a util like deveject is that it's much neater and impressing to have a script do the removing of the device than having to ask the user to physically do it. I wannna take step by step, though, after I get a proper removal, I also wanna be able to mount it back (not needed for my purposes, but for the sake of completeness!). The catch is that when I use wmi scripts, these can only be used for Windows ME onwards, leaving win98 aside. The documentation came in handy! IVAN |
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Jun 29 2006, 10:05 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 28-June 06 Member No.: 20,139 |
i believe Matthias Withopf, the author of deveject can be found at
perfwatch@withopf.com if anyone is interested. I sent him an e-mail asking for copyright info and posed the question on the debug switch too! IVAN does anyone know exactly how public domain is defined???? ivan |
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Jun 30 2006, 01:33 AM
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Platinum Member Group: Admin Posts: 4,615 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Western NY, USA Member No.: 13,258 |
QUOTE (ivan @ Jun 29 2006, 11:05 PM) does anyone know exactly how public domain is defined???? ivan Public domain Roughly I think it means it has open access, anyone can use it, and no one can sell it or claim it as their own work. -------------------- A useful posting: Adding drivers to BartPE; NIC, SATA, video A helpful thread: BartPE Troubleshooting FAQs Use the forum's search tool to find postings about problems similar to yours.For searches involving three letter acronyms such as USB add an * to the end. For example: USB* The button is your friend and is located just below the one for Quote Reply.Ed |
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