Dave Wyatt wrote: > This works great for a list but the sort is not > happening when the image is created. I even tried > without including the path. I'm beginning to think I > should append a number to the beginning of the > filename so it will create the image in the order I > want and get it over with. Still, I would like to > figure out how to use the sort option.
How are you checking which order the files are in on the CD? (Are you using ls -f ?) Do you know your DVD drive isn't playing the files in lexical order? Have you read README.sort, which is part of the mkisofs package? I attached it in case you don't have it. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sort the order of file data on the CD ===================================== Note: this option does not sort the order of the file names that appear in the ISO9660 directory. It sorts the order in which the file data is written to the CD image. This option is useful in order to optimize the data layout on a CD. To use, type something like: mkisofs -o cdimage.iso -sort sort_file [other_options] cd_dir The file 'sort_file' contains two columns of: filename weight where filename is the whole name of a file/directory as mkisofs will see it and weight is a whole number between +/- 2147483647 The files will be sorted with the highest weights first and lowest last. The default weight is zero. If the filename is a directory name, then all the files in that directory (and sub-directories) will use its weight as their default weight. e.g. If the directory 'cd_dir' contains two directories called 'dir1' and 'dir2' with files 'A', 'B' and 'C' in dir1 and 'X', 'Y' and 'Z', the the file 'sort_file' could look something like: cd_dir/dir2 1000 cd_dir/dir2/Y 2000 cd_dir/dir1/B -2000 cd_dir/dir1/A -8000 Note: There must be only one space or tab character between the filename and the weight and the weight must be the last characters on a line. The filename is taken to include all the characters from the first in a line, up to, but not including the last space or tab character on a line. This is to allow for space characters to be in, or at the end of a filename. The command: mkisofs -o cdimage.iso -sort sort_file cd_dir will sort the above file data as: cd_dir/dir2/Y cd_dir/dir2/X cd_dir/dir2/Z cd_dir/dir1/C cd_dir/dir1/B cd_dir/dir1/A Note: files 'X' and 'Z' both have the weight 1000 - their sort order will then be the normal ISO9660 sort order (i.e. alphabetical in this case). File C will have the default weight of 0 Warning: the filenames in the sort list MUST match the whole path as seen by mkisofs. i.e. in the above case, if the command line was: mkisofs -o cdimage.iso -sort sort_file ./cd_dir then the sort_file filename will have to changed as accordingly. Notes ===== CDs are written from the middle outwards. High weighted files will be nearer the inside of the CD. Wildcards in the filename list should work. If a file appears more than once in the source directory tree, then the file is only added once to the CD image - i.e. a hard linked file, or symbolic link if using the -f option. The file will be sorted according to the highest weighting given to any of the linked files. Zero length files are not sorted - the 'start extent' *may* appear to be in the middle of another file after sorting. This is because zero length files are given the start extent after the last file added to the CD at that time. This address is not changed by the sorting, so it may appear that the file address is in another file - however as they are zero length, this will not matter! Directories are not sorted by this flag - directories HAVE to be in the ISO9660 sort order - however, the files the directory entry points to, can be anywhere on the CD. Existing files from any previous sessions will not be sorted - they already exist on the CD and can not be moved! I have no idea if this is really useful ... James Pearson 22-Nov-2001 Any comments/problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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