iPodDump.py

import os
import sys
import traceback
mediaDir = "/media/"
def strip(string):
    toRemove = ["'","/"," "]
    stripped = ""
    for i in string:
        if i in toRemove:
            stripped = stripped + "\ ".replace(" ","")
        stripped = stripped + i
    return stripped
try:
    os.listdir(mediaDir)
except:
    print "Unable to find any removable drives!"
    print "Are you using Linux?"
    exit(1)
try:
    os.system("whoami > .user")
    user = open(".user","r").readline().replace("\n","")
    print "Finding drives mounted for user " + user + "..."
    try:
	drives = os.listdir("/media/" + user)
	mediaDir = "/media/" + user + "/"
    except:
	print "Unable to find drives mounted as " + user
	print "Finding global drives..."
	drives = os.listdir("/media/")
    print "Found " + str(len(drives)) + " drive(s)"
    ipods = []
    for drive in drives:
	try:
            os.listdir(mediaDir + drive + "/iPod_Control")
            ipods.append(drive)
            print "Drive " + drive + " is an iPod!"
        except:
            pass
    print str(len(ipods)) + " iPod(s) found!"
    if len(ipods) == 0:
        exit()
    if len(ipods) > 1:
        count = 0
        for i in ipods:
            print str(count) + ": " + i
        ipod = ipods[int(raw_input("Please enter the index number of the ipod you would like to dump: "))]
    else:
        ipod = ipods[0]
    print "Dumping iPod " + ipod + "..."
    dirs = os.listdir(mediaDir + ipod + "/iPod_Control/Music/")
    try:
        os.makedirs(ipod)
    except:
        pass
    for i in dirs:
        try:
            print "Dumping " + i + " (" + str(len(os.listdir(mediaDir + ipod + "/iPod_Control/Music/" + i))) + " songs...)"
        except OSError:
            pass
        os.system("cp -r " + mediaDir + strip(ipod) + "/iPod_Control/Music/" + i + " ./" + strip(ipod))
    print "Done!"
except:
    print "That's a problem"
    exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
    lines = traceback.format_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
    print(''.join(line for line in lines))

KNOWN BUGS:

1. Attempting to dump an iPod Shuffle results in Input/Output errors.
2. iPhones are not properly dumped.