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New option --device_links

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Thomas Schmitt
2011-07-28 19:16:06 +00:00
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libburn/trunk/cdrskin/cdrskin.1
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.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.TH CDRSKIN 1 "Jan 09, 2011"
.TH CDRSKIN 1 "Jul 28, 2011"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ that it has to be formatted again. If in doubt, just give it a try.
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The drives, CD, DVD, or BD burners, are accessed via addresses which
are specific to libburn and the operating system. Those addresses get listed
by a run of \fBcdrskin --devices\fP.
by a run of \fBcdrskin --devices\fP or \fBcdrskin --device_links\fP.
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On Linux, they are device files which traditionally do not offer
w-permissions for normal users. Because libburn needs rw-permission,
@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ cdrskin will not write CD-ROM XA but rather strip the header bytes and write as
.TP
.BI dev= target
Set the address of the drive to use. Valid are at least the
addresses listed with option --devices,
addresses listed with options --devices or --device_links,
X,Y,Z addresses listed with option -scanbus,
ATA:X,Y,Z addresses listed with options dev=ATA -scanbus,
and volatile libburn drive numbers (numbering starts at "0").
@ -881,6 +881,17 @@ Number dev='Devicefile' rw-Permissions : 'Vendor' 'Model'
Number and Devicefile can both be used with option dev=, but number is
volatile (numbering changes if drives become busy).
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.BI \--device_links
Like --devices, but presenting the drives with addresses of symbolic links
which point to the actual device files.
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Modern GNU/Linux systems may shuffle drive addresses from boot to boot.
The udev daemon is supposed to create links which always point to the
same drive, regardless of its system address.
Option --device_links shows the addresses of such links if they begin
by "/dev/dvd" or "/dev/cd".
Precedence is: "dvdrw", "cdrw", "dvd", "cdrom", "cd".
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.BI direct_write_amount= size
Do not write a session with tracks but rather make an appropriate number of
direct write operations with no preparations. Flushing the drive buffer will
@ -1136,7 +1147,7 @@ Wether this leads to senseful behavior depends on operating system and kernel.
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.BI drive_scsi_dev_family= sr | scd | sg
Linux specific: Select a SCSI device file family to be scanned for by
options --devices and -scanbus.
options --devices, --device_links and -scanbus.
Normally this is /dev/sgN on kernel versions < 2.6 and /dev/srN
on kernels >= 2.6 . This option allows to explicitly override that default
in order to meet other programs at a common device file for each drive.
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cdrskin dev=ATA -scanbus
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cdrskin --devices
cdrskin --device_links
.SS
.B Get info about a particular drive or loaded media:
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