Re: [MLUG] backup via cron

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I have growisofs version 6.0.  Any chance you could upgrade?



Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> #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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