cdrwtool(1)

1CDRWTOOL(1)                 General Commands Manual                CDRWTOOL(1)
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NAME

6       cdrwtool - perform various actions on a CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-R
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SYNOPSIS

10       cdrwtool -d device -i | -g
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16       cdrwtool -d device -m offset [ write-parameters ]
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20       cdrwtool -d device -b b_mode [ write-parameters ]
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DESCRIPTION

32       The  cdwrtool  command can perform certain actions on a CD-R, CD-RW, or
33       DVD-R device. Mainly these are blanking the media,  formatting  it  for
34       use with the packet-cd device,  and applying an UDF filesystem.
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36       The most common usage is probably the `quick setup' option:
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40       which  will blank the disc, format it as one large track, and write the
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43       Other options get and set various parameters of how the device  is  set
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OPTIONS

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100              Specify the udf revision to use.  Valid  revisions  are  0x0201,
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112              Set multi-session field. Either `0' (default), `1', or `3', cor‐
113              responding to `No B0 pointer. Next  Session  not  allowed',  `B0
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BUGS

129       Many  modern  drives refuse on the preparations to format new, blanked,
130       or appendable CD-RW media. This causes a message like
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134       The remedy is to use a CD-capable burn program for  writing  a  session
135       and  closing  the  medium.  For  example  by  using  any of "cdrecord",
136       "wodim", "cdrskin", or "xorriso -as cdrecord" as  content  of  variable
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AUTHORS

145       Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
146       Ben Fennema
147       Some additions by Richard Atterer <atterer@debian.org>
148       BUGS note about closing medium by Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net>
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AVAILABILITY

152       cdrwtool  is  part  of  the  udftools  package  and  is  available from
153       https://github.com/pali/udftools/.
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