Thanks to all who have replied. * From: "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> * Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:48:45 +0100
> Writing the tar stream to DVD-R is a classical use case of cdrecord or wodim. > So: > > tar -vcpzf - * | xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject fs=16m - OK, thanks. The cdrecord "personality" is used to present a familiar legacy syntax? Can the same result be reached using xorriso with no personality? > This will not create a filesystem around the tar archive. OK. The distinction between writing arbitrary data (stream, file, ?) and writing a file system hadn't crystalized well. Software can take an action, or not, without direct evidence. To my thinking, all the examples in https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/ assume an ISO 9660 filesystem. No issue for an experienced user but a ready trap for a novice. Thanks again, ... 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