How is this for archiving the content of a directory? pushd <aDirectory> ; printf "Insert blank DVD-R."; read t ; tar -vcpzf - * | xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -add -- -commit ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -du / -- -toc 2>&1 ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -eject ; echo "Content of <aDirectory> archived in DVD-R." ; popd ; And retrival.
pushd <anEmptyDirectory> ; printf "Insert a DVD-R containing a tar archive."; read t ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -toc 2>&1 ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -extract / -- | tar -vxf ; xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -eject ; popd ; Comments? Suggestions? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the need, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 +1 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca