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+$Id: README,v 1.1 2003/08/02 03:43:19 rocky Exp $
+
+This directory contains some simple examples of the use of the libcdio
+library.
+
+A larger more-complicated example can be found is the cd-info program.
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+/*
+  $Id: sample1.c,v 1.1 2003/08/02 03:43:19 rocky Exp $
+
+  Copyright (C) 2003 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
+  
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+  
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+*/
+
+/* Simple program to list track numbers and logical sector numbers of
+   a Compact Disc using libcdio. */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <cdio/cdio.h>
+int
+main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+  CdIo *cdio = cdio_open ("/dev/cdrom", DRIVER_UNKNOWN);
+  track_t first_track_num = cdio_get_first_track_num(cdio);
+  track_t num_tracks      = cdio_get_num_tracks(cdio);
+  int i;
+
+  printf("CD-ROM Track List (%i - %i)\n", first_track_num, num_tracks);
+
+  printf("  #:  LSN\n");
+  
+  for (i = first_track_num; i <= CDIO_CDROM_LEADOUT_TRACK; i++) {
+    lsn_t lsn = cdio_get_track_lsn(cdio, i);
+    if (CDIO_INVALID_LSN != lsn) {
+      if (i == CDIO_CDROM_LEADOUT_TRACK) {
+	printf("%3d: %06d  leadout\n", (int) i, lsn);
+      } else 
+	printf("%3d: %06d\n", (int) i, lsn);
+    }
+  }
+}
+