[Preston] CD burning with cdrecord

[Graham Lee Bevan]

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Guy,
	You can specify multiple directories to map into an ISO cd image:

		mkisofs -R -o cdimage.raw /dir1 /dir2 /dir3

	then use cdrecord:

		cdrecord -v dev=<your-cd-scsiaddr> cdimage.raw


Guy Heatley wrote:
| Before I go any further I know the ultimate answer to this question is
'try
| it' but for the sake of saving the cost of a CD-R, here goes:
|
| I want to back up some stuff on CD-R using cdrecord. The stuff
(uncompressed
| audio) is in various directories and I don't want to / cant be
bothered to,
| alter the existing directory structure, but I also don't need to back
up all
| the directories.
|
| Can I create a new directory and in it place symbolic links to the
| directories I want to save, then use the upper directory as the input
| directory for cdrecord?
|
| TIA
| --
| Guy
|
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