RE: [MLUG] backup via cron

["Nowlin, Dan" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

#mkisofs -version 
mkisofs 2.01

#growisofs --version
* growisofs by <EMAIL:PROTECTED>, version 5.21,
  front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Stephen Montgomery-Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:57 AM
> To: MLUG Members
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] backup via cron
> 
> Mark Rages wrote:
> > On 2/3/06, Stephen Montgomery-Smith 
> <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > 
> >>So, when you type
> >>growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R /var/ftp/files under su, not as 
> a script, 
> >>you don't get the message:
> >>WARNING: /dev/dvd already carries isofs!
> >>?
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > from the man page I quoted earlier:
> > 
> >        If  the  media  already carries isofs and growisofs 
> is invoked with -Z
> >        option non-interactively,  e.g.  through  cron,  it  
> shall  fail  with
> >        "FATAL:  /dev/dvd  already  carries  isofs!" Note 
> that only ISO9660 is
> >        recognized, you can perfectly zap e.g. an UDF 
> filesystem  non-interac-
> >        tively.
> > 
> > This explains why it works directly from the shell, and 
> fails in the 
> > script.  growisofs senses it's being run from a script and changes
> > from WARNING to FATAL.   (I'm guessing there's a bug and it prints
> > WARNING in the error message, but aborts anyway.)
> 
> That would make sense.
> 
> What does
> 
> mkisofs -version
> 
> or
> 
> mkisofs --version
> 
> do?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> > EMAIL:PROTECTED
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