Re: [MLUG] Backing up MP3s on CD-R's without tar

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

BTW if i understand what you are wanting, its Documented.
lynx /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/CD-Writing-HOWTO

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Ian Monroe wrote:

> There are scripts out there that will, given a directory, create the
> ISOs and burn how many CDs are necessary. However, the ones I've seen
> use tar. So instead of a CD of files, you have a CD with a tar file.
> Which is fine if your backing up your system. But since I just want to
> backup my MP3s, I want the files to still be accessible by DVD players
> and whatnot.  So basically, I need a script that creates ISOs,
> preserving directory structure, with as many files as possible on each
> ISO (without splitting any files, so there would probably be a few
> megabytes of wasted space on each CD). It would then be easy to play the
> songs off the CD as well as be able to dump all files if I need to
> restore the backup. And then it would be nice if I could come back later
> and have it only burn new MP3s.
>
> Creating such a script shouldn't be that hard, but it would be nice if
> it was already done.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ian Monroe
> http://www.monroe.nu
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