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   Message 2,285 of 2,762   
   mark lewis to Jeff Smith   
   Backups to DVD?   
   01 Sep 19 11:32:06   
   
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   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 5d6be526   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
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   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17   
    On 2019 Aug 29 14:32:58, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>> I figured this question was better placed in a Linux echo. But sadly   
    >>> most Linux echos are not that current.   
      
    >> hunh??   
      
    JS> I had posted some questions in a couple of the Linux echos about a   
    JS> month ago and just got a reply. And very little other traffic in the   
    JS> echo.   
      
   yeah, they seem to have little traffic... i was mainly questioning the "not   
   that current" portion of your statement...   
      
    >>> My question:   
    >>> Any easy way to burn a directory and any sub-directories to a DVD. In my   
    >>> Googling most suggestions suggest/describe creating an ISO. I don't want   
    >>> create an ISO   
      
    >> digital images on CD/DVD are ISO...   
    >>> I just to burn a copy of a directory to a DVD from a bash script.   
    >> so i just ran this search...   
      
    JS> That was my point Mark. I do not want to create a digital image (IE,ISO).   
   I   
    JS> simply wish to burn a "copy" of a particular directory tree to a DVD. The   
    JS> current tree is about 3.4GB. The DVD would be as easily readable as the   
   HDD   
    JS> was.   
      
   either way you go, an ISO is going to be created in some form... even if you   
   use the isofs system solely in memory and pipe it to the burner... others have   
   pointed out the few various methods available... they are the same ones that   
   appeared in my search... i hope you're able to complete your task as desired :)   
      
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    them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.   
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