CDRWTOOL(1)
NAME
cdrwtool - perform various actions on a CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-R
SYNOPSIS
cdrwtool -d device -i | -g cdrwtool -d device -s [ write-parameters ] cdrwtool -d device -q [ write-parameters ] cdrwtool -d device -m offset [ write-parameters ] cdwrtool -d device -u blocks [ write-parameters ] cdrwtool -d device -b b_mode [ write-parameters ] cdrwtool -d device -c blocks [ write-parameters ] cdwrtool -d device -f filename [ write-parameters ] cdwrtool -d device -r track [ write-parameters ] cdrwtool -h
DESCRIPTION
The cdwrtool command can perform certain actions on a CD-R, CD-RW, or
DVD-R device. Mainly these are blanking the media, formating it for use
with the packet-cd device, and applying an UDF filesystem.
- The most common usage is probably the `quick setup' option:
- cdrwtool -d device -q
- which will blank the disc, format it as one large track, and write the UDF filesystem structures.
- Other options get and set various parameters of how the device is set up, and provide for different offsets, modes and settings from the defaults.
- The usefulness of most of the options is not explained.
OPTIONS
Main directives:
- -d device
- Specify the device to use. eg. /dev/sr0
- -i Print disc track info.
- -g Print write parameters.
- -u length
- Make a UDF filesystem using length number of blocks.
- -q `Quick setup': blank the disc, format it as one large track and
- write a UDF filesystem.
- -m offset
- Format the disc at offset number of blocks.
- -b mode
- Blank the disk using a mode of `full' or `fast'.
- -f filename
- Write file.
- -c track
- Close track.
- -r track
- Reserve track.
- -s Set write parameters determined by -l, -w, and -p options for
- the disc.
(Note by your Debian maintainer: Apparently this option does nothing.) - -v version
- Specify the udf revision to use. Valid revisions are 0x0201, 0x0200, 0x0150, and 0x0102. If omitted, mkudffs udf-version is 0x0150.
- -h Prints a sparse help message.
- Write parameters:
- -t speed
- Set write speed. (Defaults to 12x ?)
- -l type
- Set multi-session field. Either `0' (default), `1', or `3', corresponding to `No B0 pointer. Next Session not allowed', `B0 pointer = FF:FF:FF. Next session not allowed', and `Next session allowed. B0 pointer = next possible program area' respectively.
- -w mode
- Set write mode. Either `mode1' or `mode2' (default).
- -p type
- Set packet type. Either `0' or `1' (default), corresponding to variable and fixed packet sizes respectively.
- -o offset
- Set write offset.
AUTHORS
Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Ben Fennema <bfennema@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu>
Some additions by Richard Atterer <atterer@debian.org>
AVAILABILITY
cdrwtool is part of the udftools package and is available from
http://linux-udf.sourceforge.net.